Angela Burns: 3. What action is the Welsh Government taking to support the farming industry in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire? OQ56390
Angela Burns: What plans are in place to ensure that local authorities will not be adversely affected financially as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?
Angela Burns: Thank you.
Angela Burns: Thank you, Minister, for your statement, and once again, it is good news that we are vaccinating as many people as we are at present in Wales. I do have a couple of questions to ask you, though, in general about the vaccine programme. The first is that 15 per cent of care home staff have yet to be vaccinated, compared to less than 5 per cent of residents, and it's a much lower take-up than...
Angela Burns: Even before the pandemic, First Minister, I'm sure you would agree that the shape of the global economy was changing, which is why, in recognition of this, the Welsh Conservatives, in addition to ReAct, will introduce a second chance fund to help anyone of any age to pursue level 3 qualifications in college to help them move from the low pay, low skills trap up the career ladder no matter...
Angela Burns: Thank you very much indeed, Llywydd. Thank you, Minister, for your update. It is incredibly cheerful news. I think a million doses is an enormous achievement and I give my heartfelt thanks and an absolute salute to you, to the health boards, to the volunteers, to everybody who's been involved in this programme. I also pay absolute credit to the UK Government for their vaccination procurement...
Angela Burns: I'd like to thank David Melding for bringing this forward, because the Cumberlege report is such a crucial piece of evidence in trying to move medicine for women forward. I have two points I really want to make. One of the things that Cumberlege said very clearly was that the system, the big system, is not good at spotting trends in practice and outcome that give rise to safety concerns. We...
Angela Burns: Minister, I do want to be clear on this matter, I think it is vital the Welsh Government bring forward proposals to tackle pollution in Wales, but I do not believe this is it. Recognising the need to protect our environment, at the very beginning of all of this, I supported the calls for there to be a mixed suite of methods for farmers to be able to use to reduce nitrate levels on farms. I...
Angela Burns: Good health is something we all wish for, and often take for granted. When our child is born, we hope for a healthy baby with the requisite number of fingers and toes. As we get older, we expect that medical advances will keep pace with our needs, and, if the worst was to befall, our healthcare system, with its plethora of research, medical interventions, drugs, and, above all, options, will...
Angela Burns: I've listened with interest to your comments to I think it was Jayne Bryant and to David Melding. It's all about mental health and how we can keep our eyes open for people who are suffering. You will know as well as I do that organisations such as Mind have done endless surveys that show that public sector workers suffer disproportionately, take more time off work, and have greater mental...
Angela Burns: To go back to those statistics, they did come from Government information, but I am happy to go back and review that, because it was quite clear it was one in five. One of the areas that's leapt astronomically in the last year is the area of gynaecological services. We had less than 1,000 women waiting for over 36 weeks; now we've got over 13,000 women waiting for some kind of treatment....
Angela Burns: You talk about recovery in a general way, and I appreciate that. I understand that you have to look at the NHS as a whole, but I am particularly concerned about the waiting-for-treatment times. We now have over 538,000 people—that's one in five of our population—waiting for some form of treatment. Granted, they're not all humongously urgent—although to the person involved, it may well...
Angela Burns: Good afternoon, Minister. When are you hoping to bring forward a national plan for dealing with the waiting list problem that we have here in Wales?
Angela Burns: 7. What is the Welsh Government doing to address the mental health and well-being needs of public sector workers in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire? OQ56327
Angela Burns: Minister, thank you very much for your statement today. It is clearly good news. I don't use the word 'phenomenal' very often, but I do think that the vaccine roll-out in both the whole of the UK, in all our four nations, and in Wales has been absolutely phenomenal. I'm really pleased to hear you say that you believe that you'll be able to keep pace with the speed of the vaccine programme in...
Angela Burns: First Minister, that's really good news on the learning disability issue. Are you able to offer equally good news for unpaid carers? Because my inbox, and I'm sure every other Senedd Member's inbox, is absolutely full of people who are unpaid carers, desperate to have a vaccine, because if they get sick, the people who need their help—the elderly relative or the disabled child, whoever it...
Angela Burns: What action is the Welsh Government taking to protect the environment in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire?
Angela Burns: Thank you, Minister, for this statement, and for your recognition of just how difficult a scenario this has been. Like you, I just want to say to all those families out there how desperately sorry I am—and I'm sure we all are—that this has happened. I was shocked to read that the independent clinical team actually said that, in most of these cases, they concluded that different treatments...
Angela Burns: Good afternoon, Minister. Thank you for your statement. Credit where credit's due, the situation has moved on enormously since last week, and I'd like to say well done to the whole effort, from Government down to those on the front line, for cracking on with the vaccines, especially as we were behind. It is really good to see that some of these priority groups have been picked up and are...
Angela Burns: Good afternoon, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move the motion tabled in the name of Darren Millar and ask the Senedd to welcome the swift action taken by the UK Conservative Government in securing access to 367 million vaccine doses and ensuring the UK was the first country in the world to authorise a vaccine. We won't be supporting the Government amendment, given both the 'delete all' and the...
