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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you for that response. The Government is preparing for a number of COVID-related scenarios in looking to next summer, and I understand that. But, of course, it does create great uncertainty for GCSE and A-level pupils. In terms of A-level, I declare a…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
7. Will the Minister make a statement on GCSE and A-level qualifications next year? OQ57161
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The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 19) Regulations 2021
Thank you very much, Llywydd. Well, once again today, there is great interest in what we're discussing here, and I'm very pleased about that. These, like everything we've discussed over the last 20 months, are very difficult decisions that have been taken…
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Okay, thank you. Diolch, Gadeirydd.
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
If I can have just a quick answer, perhaps, from Alex Howells on primary care, in particular. I'm getting the feeling that your work on the development of multidisciplinary frameworks for training in primary care is still in development. Is there an update on…
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Thank you very much for that. There is a danger here of drawing you into political issues, and that isn't my intention, but education and training isn't a one-off, of course, is it? It happens throughout a staff member's career. Are we going to fail to ensure…
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
I'm very pleased to hear you talking about this business of not being sure that you're going to have a single full-time employee for each one that you train, and we see that with GPs, for example, how many of them choose to work part-time currently, and there…
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Mike suggested 20 per cent in terms of an increase. So, how much do you think we need to increase? Is Mike close to the kind of increase that we need in the numbers coming through the system? Because somehow we do need to train more and we need to generate…
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Thank you very much for your very comprehensive response to my first question and I think that Mike's supplementary was very useful as well. May I ask that question in a slightly different way? Mike has suggested that perhaps 20 per cent less work is done in…
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Thank you very much, Chair. I am aware that time is passing by. I want to turn to education and training. There's a great deal of overlap with some of the questions that have already been asked, of course. First of all, in terms of commissioning education and…
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Post appointment scrutiny session with the interim chair, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Thank you very much.
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Post appointment scrutiny session with the interim chair, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
I think you make an important point there in referring to the impact this has all had on staff, because it's not easy for staff who work in those services to have to read reports that have been quite damning about services over the years. So, can you tell us…
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Post appointment scrutiny session with the interim chair, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
There's no need to apologise at all—these technical problems do happen from time to time. So, I was just referring to your comments in your opening statement when you noted, of course, that the response to the difficulties within the maternity services is a…
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Post appointment scrutiny session with the interim chair, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Thank you very much, Chair, and a very good morning to you, Mr Elias. You mentioned in your opening remarks that the work around maternity services is, of course, a priority for you. I've been trying to follow the development of that closely, in relation to…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on the decarbonisation programme for health and social care
Well, what we have there is an example of ignoring entirely the environmental problem in failing to think environmentally in planning services. Yes, patients who are very ill will be taken to the hospital in an ambulance, but what about the staff? What about…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on the decarbonisation programme for health and social care
'While concerns have been raised over public transport access...the health board claims most patients will be taken to the hospital by ambulance.'
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on the decarbonisation programme for health and social care
Thank you for the statement, Minister. The climate emergency, as we heard from the Minister, is a health emergency too, of course. Doctors are seeing the impact of air pollution. Extreme weather can be a threat to health and a threat to life. These problems…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Is there any update on that? It is true to say that we are at a crossroads now; people are becoming concerned about another COVID Christmas and now is the time to see the Government doing things to keep things tight—not just for the sake of Christmas, but it…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
'then I agree that that would certainly be an important step forward.'
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
and that was our great concern—
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
'if it becomes possible, through technology, to move lateral flow devices beyond self-certification'—
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Well, that's not what's important here. The message has been lost. That was the case with the four people on the train, as with so many others. We are agreed, certainly, on the importance of vaccination. I'm very grateful to all of the teams implementing the…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
'I'll put one on if you'd like me to.'
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
That's what one person said.
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
'Why have you decided today not to wear a mask?' 'Oh, I don't know, there are not many people on this train.'
