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Vaughan Gething: ...they’ve had on actually setting priorities with the health service, so it’s genuine engagement and isn’t just about the service deciding for itself what it will do. You’ve got that direct representation from the third sector. It’s one of the strengths of the approach that we take, actually, that we’ve got the third sector there as critical friends, but who are still able to...
Vaughan Gething: ...acting as a Government for England, to resolve in how this process is actually resolved and the evidence base that is provided. But Powys health board have been engaged and they are directly making representations on behalf of Welsh residents who use those services. What the English services need to consider in this is not just from an altruistic point of view—the impact upon Welsh...
Vaughan Gething: ...kind is discussed with the public, rather than simply being presented to the public about what must now happen. That is a good point that is well made, and I understand you’ll be taking direct representations to the health board in the coming days. But here in this Government, we are committed to delivering an NHS workforce that continues to provide high-quality care, and on the medical...
Vaughan Gething: ...managers and management within the health service, I would need to be persuaded that that’s the right thing to do, but if you think there is a compelling case to make, I’d be happy to consider representations that you provide on how that can add value over and above what we already have in place, and over and above the professional expectations we could and should properly have of NHS...
Vaughan Gething: Thank you for the question. I think it’s a helpful opportunity to clarify the point and the purpose of the board, because the board isn’t going to be a representational board, made up of different interest groups. If we do that, we’ll have different groups fighting and competing with each other, rather than actually having a board with sufficient expertise to actually undertake the...
Vaughan Gething: ...engagement ahead of the long-term plan—your first question—we do expect to engage openly with stakeholders, within the health service, with different staff groups and different royal college representation as well. It's interesting how royal colleges themselves are actually welcoming and agitating for more change as well. That can be difficult for them and some of their members, as...
Vaughan Gething: ...on a specific point mentioned by the UKIP spokesperson, I'm happy to confirm that David Bailey, Dr David Bailey from the BMA, will be taking part in the February workshop, so there will be doctor representation there from the ground. I think we also need to reflect, having had the report and having had the series of responses to the recommendations, that we also yesterday had the...
Vaughan Gething: .... The consultation ran until 29 September last year. There were 336 submissions from individuals and organisations, as well as 1,328 pro-forma responses relating to proposals for citizen voice and representation. It is clear from the responses and the report of the parliamentary review that we need to act now to preserve our health and care services for generations to come. Responses to...
Vaughan Gething: ...board or the executive team. And that is a proposal that has been well received in the consultation, and I just don't think that's particularly difficult to understand. On your point about board representation and gender and the gender split, actually, as I said earlier, we actually, on a leadership level for chairs and chief executives, do rather well in the health field. A really good...
Vaughan Gething: ...what the group’s next priorities should be. The membership of this group will need to be flexible as, although the initial focus will be on mesh and tape, the group will require appropriate representation—both professional and lay representation—from across other areas of women’s health. I'm pleased that Tracy Myhill, the chief executive of Abertawe Bro Morgannwg university health...
Vaughan Gething: ...for a formal report to be provided, to ensure there is meaningful scrutiny and the ability to take evidence at that time. In particular, the Assembly will be able to understand and seek any representations that the next Assembly feels would be relevant, ahead of making any decision on whether it should continue with the minimum pricing provisions. So, therefore, I'm happy to indicate the...
Vaughan Gething: ...lives. I know this not just from my time here but my time before this place when I was an employment lawyer and much of the disability discrimination that I dealt with in terms of giving advice and representation was actually about work-related stress or employers not dealing with factors from outside of work that affect their ability to work. So, this is a long and consistent theme of the...
Vaughan Gething: ...So, they're absolutely at the start of the conversation, not being tagged on at the end. And they are also part of our regional partnership boards across the country. There's always third sector representation there. So, it's never a perfect point in time; there will always be a need to challenge and discuss what we're doing, but they're absolutely part of the conversation and part of the...
Vaughan Gething: ...the review’s recommendations, the chief ambulance services commissioner has established a year-long amber review implementation programme. This is supported by a programme board, including representation from the national collaborative commissioning unit, the Welsh ambulance service, the NHS Wales Informatics Service and the Welsh Government. The programme board will manage and monitor...
Vaughan Gething: .... I reject any suggestion, inference or otherwise, that this has been deliberately held up or, indeed, that this is simply hiding the dagger about a desire to get rid of patient voice and patient representation. Far from it. And when Members go through the detail of the Bill and the policy intent, I hope that some of the statements and accusations made and the suspicions that have been...
Vaughan Gething: ...is not a remote national body that is inaccessible and unable to represent the interests of people across the whole of Wales; and a requirement for NHS bodies and local authorities to respond to representations made by that body. I agree that the body needs to be able to seek the views of people at the point at which health and social care services are provided. I believe that the best way...
Vaughan Gething: ...or not you want to have different ways of working across the region. The approach we're taking is actually to say that we want a national model that is consistent, with local standing and local representation. I've indicated I'll bring forward amendments to set that out. And, again, to underscore the independence of the new body, it will be significantly more independent than current...
Vaughan Gething: Thank you, Llywydd. All of the amendments in this group relate to representations being made by the citizen voice body and the response that should be provided to them, but they, of course, have different permutations. And I do want to make clear again that, despite the language being used, refusing to agree to amendments 42 or 77 are not examples or evidence of bad faith, or a deliberate...
Vaughan Gething: Can I just refer to amendment 42(6)? 'As soon as reasonably practicable, the recipient of the representation must publish the response prepared under subsection (4) on their website'. That leaves no room for any discretion whatsoever; the word 'must' in this drafting is very clear and unambiguous.
Vaughan Gething: ...under the NHS complaints procedure and under the social services complaints procedure regulations. That does not cover the large number of social services complaints made by children under the Representations Procedures (Wales) Regulations 2014, nor does it take account of complaints that are made directly to providers of regulated social care services, such as care homes and domiciliary...
