David Lloyd: 4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the provision of dental services? OAQ54749
David Lloyd: Following on from the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's report on dentistry in Wales, as Assembly Members, we continue to receive complaints from members of the public with regards to the lack of NHS dentists locally. Now, in the old Abertawe Bro Morgannwg area that I represent, we are told that only nine out of the 65 dental practices are taking on new adult NHS patients. Local NHS...
David Lloyd: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I'm pleased to contribute to this Stage 1 debate to outline the main recommendations and conclusions of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee in relation to the Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Bill 2019. The committee held a public consultation exercise over the summer and took oral evidence from a range of stakeholders....
David Lloyd: Overall, we broadly welcome the proposals in the Bill and believe it represents an important step towards greater transparency and accountability across health and social services in Wales. Therefore, the committee recommends that the Assembly should agree the general principles of the Bill. That’s recommendation 1. However, we have considered the evidence from stakeholders and made a...
David Lloyd: As you said, the Bridgend area is now in Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board area. That means that Parc prison is now in Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board area. As you know, Parc prison is a private prison and the healthcare system, which is devolved, is operated privately under G4S in that private Parc prison and is meant to be under the overview of Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board. Now, evidence to...
David Lloyd: 4. Will the Minister make a statement on the performance of Swansea Bay University Health Board? OAQ54748
David Lloyd: Performance data due to be discussed at Swansea bay health board meeting this week makes for difficult reading, as it shows significant problems in a number of areas. In October, ambulances waited outside A&E departments for 2,778 hours, and waits for planned care are also worsening, with 4,256 patients waiting more than 36 weeks for treatment, an increase of over 2,000 since April. Now,...
David Lloyd: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I start off, first of all, by congratulating Lynne Neagle on her leading work here as regards bringing this motion before us this afternoon, emphasising, critically, the fact that pancreatic cancer needs a particular focus? As a GP of 35-years standing in Swansea, I know that pancreatic cancer is tough to diagnose, but, 'Always ask about the family history', I...
David Lloyd: Now, huge strides have been made in medicine, as Lynne outlined, and in other cancers like childhood leukaemia, Hodgkin's disease and many other cancers, as outlined, survival rates have been dramatically, radically transformed over the years. All of those conditions did have a particular focus at the time, though, in terms of we said at the time, 'Childhood leukaemia: why are children dying?...
David Lloyd: I'm very pleased to follow Jayne Bryant, and may I congratulate her on her contribution and her leadership on these issues? So, thank you for those wise words, Jayne. Now, the motion before us notes that the National Assembly for Wales—or the Senedd, from around an hour ago—is the only national legislature in the UK without a lobbyist register. Now, in Plaid Cymru, we agree with the need...
David Lloyd: Can I thank the Minister for his statement on disabled people's employment? As he says, today's the United Nations' international day for disabled people, a day designed to promote the rights of disabled people and increase awareness of the challenges they face. So, it's a moot point. Can I first of all support many of the issues that Mark Isherwood has just raised? As the first ever chair...
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I'm pleased to open the debate today on the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's report on community and district nursing services This is the fourth in the series of spotlight inquiries recently undertaken by the committee. The committee undertook a one-day inquiry into the activity of district nurse-led community nursing teams and the...
David Lloyd: The Royal College of Nursing told us that two thirds of its members work in the community, meeting the needs of elderly, disabled, and vulnerable patients who may otherwise struggle to visit a hospital. The move towards ever-greater delivery of health services in the community has increased people’s expectations of being able to access treatment in this way, and advances in medicine have...
David Lloyd: It is unacceptable that nurses working in the community have limited access to patient information, appointments or e-mails via handheld devices and are instead reliant on paper-based systems and outdated technology. I will wait to hear other comments in this debate. Thank you.
David Lloyd: Thank you very much. In the few minutes that remain to me, I will summarise this debate by thanking everyone for their comments. Angela Burns told us about the challenges with regard to IT, technology and the lack of data. And Caroline Jones and Helen Mary Jones told us about the need to extend the staffing levels legislation to community nurses, and I heard the response from the Minister to...
David Lloyd: As regards this debate on NHS and trade deals, one of the things this Plaid Cymru motion calls for is for the NHS in Wales to be protected by law so that devolved competence is not lost after Brexit. Now, Delyth, Rhun and Helen have eloquently outlined the case, because we do live in fearful times—feverish, febrile, polarised times. Tumultuous events led to the creation of the NHS in the...
David Lloyd: 3. Will the Deputy Minister make a statement on improving community safety in Swansea? OAQ54828
David Lloyd: Thank you very much for that wonderful response, Minister.
David Lloyd: You will be aware that Swansea's high street has struggled over recent times with regard to crime in the area, in terms of drug use, prostitution, theft, and violence. The problem has been there for months—years, really—and 75 crimes were recorded in the months of September and October alone. Now, given that you as Welsh Government have a key role to play both in terms of community safety...
David Lloyd: Can I thank the Minister for her statement on the clean air plans? Obviously, as chair of the cross-party group on a clean air Act for Wales, I want to see an Act, basically. I commend what the Minister says as far as it goes, but I think we need urgent action now. The time has come for urgent action, because this rim of air that we breathe is only 10 miles deep. We have to look after it, you...
