Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...? I think we all understand the real concern that many parents are suffering today because of the increase that we are seeing in strep A in our communities. Public Health Wales issued advice to schools and nurseries at the end of November. Staff should be aware of the possibility of this infection in children who become ill with a fever, sore throat or rash. So, already that advice has...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Strep A infections cause a number of common childhood illnesses. It's not unusual to see cases associated with nurseries and schools. Nurseries and schools have received guidance from Public Health Wales, and parents of unwell children are being advised to seek medical advice for diagnosis and treatment.
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...nurses that have come on to the system. So, part of the problem is that we've got to actually make sure that we retain people—that's the real challenge as far as I'm concerned. I've asked Health Education and Improvement Wales to work with the RCN to look at what we can do in this space to help retention. I think it's also worth emphasising that we've recruited an additional 400...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...redistribute them. So it's not lost just because they go somewhere else. They're just redistributed. We have been recruiting more dentists, and I'm certainly putting a lot of pressure on Health Education and Improvement Wales to make sure that we drive up the number of dental therapists in future, because I do think we have to get to a new model where we're talking about a team approach...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...wearing a face covering in crowded indoor places and health and social care settings. We've also included targeted advice for those working in key settings, such as health, social care, prisons and education settings. Another key element of our approach to respiratory viruses is how we can protect people who are at high risk of becoming severely ill as a result of COVID-19. We've set out...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Almost all of the children and young people referred to the team have difficulty in reaching the required attendance rates in schools. A crucial element is collaboration with schools and primary care practitioners to help these young people to access education in a way that is appropriate to their needs. That includes having discussions with parents, of course. The team have planned a...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ..., and with no rhyme or reason, disrupting and upsetting really special occasions and everyday events. And the potential for disruption to children, as many of you have noted, and young people's education, their ability to learn and their ability to take part in all other aspects of school life, can be clearly understood. And I understand this, as my eldest brother was someone who suffered...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...for recruitment and retention of staff, including programmes that are standardised to provide clinical oversight and tutoring to our nursing staff, and also international recruitment. Health Education and Improvement Wales is leading on the development of a sustainable national workforce development plan for nursing, and I hope that this work will lead to solutions and a focus to tackle...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...one of the last things that she did in this Senedd was to ensure that, actually, this was going to be something that was built into the curriculum, and so people will learn about it in the Welsh school curriculum.
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...as it seems to change the rules, but we are absolutely in the process of seeing how far and how quickly we can do that. When it comes to recruitment, of course, we're working with Health Education and Improvement Wales in terms of specialising and making sure we've got the right people to do the right things in the right place. And certainly, when it comes to high streets, we are very,...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you very much. Well, certainly I'm very eager to see 'More than just words' continuing and evolving and becoming more aggressive in terms of what we expect to see from the health boards in terms of provision. In terms of quality of care for young children and those who are monolingual Welsh speakers or more comfortable through the medium of Welsh, then, of course, the quality of care...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: .... This initiative was introduced to reflect the Welsh Government’s commitment to deliver medical training in north Wales, and it will form the basis of the curriculum of the north Wales medical school.
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Well, we're very aware that, when we're seeing these developments happen, we do need to consider that additional infrastructure, including schools and all of those other things that go with them, and we're very aware of the increase in the population in particular in the area that you refer to, John. And that's why I have recently given approval for £28 million of funding, which has been...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...lead from experts who can tell me what the evidence shows us is the best way to behave in that space. When it comes to sexual health clinics, of course HIV tests are available, and when it comes to education in the school curriculum, I of course will be working closely with the education Minister, who I know will want to ensure that we're taking an age-appropriate approach to this, and...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...living with unmanaged hearing impairment or diagnosed with hearing loss and dementia, or mental health problems, are more likely to need care and support if they are to reach their full employment, education and social potential. The framework for action aims to follow the life course from newborn screening and children to adults and older people, to ensure that appropriate services are...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...ward to board. I am asking the health board to do the following things: review current governance, audit and effectiveness capacity and work arrangements with Improvement Cymru to invest in a rapid education and support programme that will be put in place quickly in order to improve skills. I have also asked the health board to ensure that a senior appointment is made to a director of...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...on almost any other health condition. We have to put a stop to the harrowing experiences of people like Emily, and, I imagine, Beth, and other petitioners as well. We know that taboos and a lack of education about menstruation have tangible negative effects on girls' and women's lives, and, last year, we launched Bloody Brilliant, our online resource and educational platform. It was...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...that people are looking for. Now, that continues to be a priority for the Welsh Government, and I'm sure that the—. I think the Deputy Minister will be writing to the Children, Young People and Education Committee on an update against the recommendations of that committee and that inquiry that the committee had into perinatal mental health. And in relation to the maternity and neonatal...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Apart from opening a medical school in north Wales, which was contained within our manifesto, one of the things that we're doing is ensuring that there is a possibility for people coming from abroad to train here to continue to work here. Until this point, there has been a problem in terms of getting a certificate of completion training, so our concern was that over the next three years, we...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...as clearing waiting lists and so on. It's so easy to count how many hip operations need to be done. It's much more difficult to say, 'Well, we're going to see fewer children who are obese going to school.' But I do think that it's important that we focus on that aspect, and I think there will be pressure on us to focus almost entirely on clearing these waiting lists, but I think that would...
