Angela Burns: Will you take an intervention?
Angela Burns: But surely you recognise that having somewhere like Aneurin Bevan health board having no out-of-hours cover for parts of the day on 27 different days simply isn't acceptable if we're trying to take this pressure away.
Angela Burns: Now, you may recall that 'A Healthier Wales', the Government's much vaunted vision and action plan, flowing from a parliamentary review, firmly puts social models of community-based health and care at the centre of health service delivery. The underpinning cornerstone of this direction of travel is to anticipate health needs and implement sustainable prevention and early intervention...
Angela Burns: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm pleased to open the Welsh Conservative debate tabled in the name of Darren Millar. We want to express our concern at the capacity of the Welsh NHS to meet demand for unplanned care throughout the year, and not just in the winter months, which is often much discussed here, because the truth of the situation is that pressures may look marginally different in winter,...
Angela Burns: What I'd also like to try to drill down to is this issue of funding, because that's exactly what I wanted to determine from you today. You've just mentioned, and I believe that I quote you correctly, that you're going to put an additional £35 million into the mental health budget. To be frank, the budget is so opaque that it's very difficult to discern all of the lines—it's difficult to...
Angela Burns: It cannot be right that one in three people who die by suicide have been in contact with mental health services in the year before their death. It goes beyond a doubt that we're failing to support some of our most vulnerable members of society and to provide effective support. Patients in Wales are consistently exposed to lengthy waits for assessment. Imagine the experience of approaching...
Angela Burns: Diolch, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, what specific action is the Welsh Government taking to reduce the prevalence of suicide in Wales?
Angela Burns: Will the Cabinet Secretary outline what support is in place to aid school governors in their roles?
Angela Burns: Storm Callum did, indeed, wreck homes, businesses and stole lives, and my deepest sympathies go to the family and friends of the young man, Corey Sharpling, who lost his life. But I also have to say that the landslide that took this young man's life also saw some truly heroic efforts, and I would like to publicly pay tribute to two Carmarthenshire County Council workers, because, on that road...
Angela Burns: 'An easy and lazy option when it comes to local government is to blame austerity and the Tories.' Gosh, First Minister, it sounds a bit like you and your Government. Let me read it again: 'an easy and lazy option when it comes to local government is to blame austerity and the Tories. It too often ignores other factors, such as poor decision making, when it comes to both budgets and service...
Angela Burns: 3. Will the First Minister outline how the Welsh Government monitors the effectiveness of spending by local authorities? OAQ52796
Angela Burns: Leader of the house, on 18 July, I raised my concerns with you that organisations with proven track records in the UK and throughout Europe for their work on digitising and streamlining public services were struggling to gain access to the Welsh Government. You said in response, and I quote: 'I'm very happy to be the conduit into Government if anybody's experiencing that difficulty. Deputy...
Angela Burns: Will the Leader of the House provide an update on the progress of digital transformation across Wales’s public sector?
Angela Burns: Thank you, Presiding Officer. First of all, I would like to put on record how incredibly sorry I am for the affected families. A moment of maximum joy is what they should have been feeling, but it turned to events of terrible despair, and we are appalled by what's happened. In July of this year, a young couple came to see me. It's an appalling situation. They are part and parcel of what's...
Angela Burns: Will the First Minister outline the Welsh Government's plans to fund local government over the coming financial year?
Angela Burns: Thank you for your statement today, Minister. It's welcome news. There is a steady increase in the number of people living with HIV in Wales, which reflects, actually, an increase in survival and new diagnoses—both of which are to be welcomed—and we believe that PrEP plays an important role in reducing these new diagnoses. I have two areas of questioning. Not all people have had equal...
Angela Burns: I'd like to just talk about the NHS in Wales—I didn't realise you were responsible for the one in England as well. Your figures do sound absolutely superb, First Minister, and I don't quarrel with the improvements, where the improvements are. However, of course, those improvements aren't universal. As you know, the £50 million that was given last year, a chunk of it had to be recouped,...
Angela Burns: Will the First Minister provide an update on the current phase of the capital programme for Wales?
Angela Burns: Thank you. It was actually just a point of clarification, because I can accept, in a way, your commentary that you say that you don't want to comment on these detailed plans because you might have to make a final decision at some point in time. That's on the one hand. On the other hand, though, the health board will not be able to proceed with their multimillion pound—Rhun said £350...
Angela Burns: Will you take an intervention?
