Julie Morgan: I thank Russell George very much for those questions. We've got good examples all over Wales, so I'm not going to say one health board is outstanding and another one isn't, because I've got a list of project examples here from, as I say, right across Wales. Well, in north Wales, of course, there's the iCAN project, which tries to support people with mental health difficulties. And many of...
Julie Morgan: Thank you very much, Rhun, for those questions and comments. This certainly does replace the ICF and the transformation fund. It is a consolidation and is making sure that some of these ideas and projects that have been so successful are moving towards consolidation, because I think the main thing we have to try to do is to mainstream these projects. I think I can reassure you that some of...
Julie Morgan: I thank Gareth for those questions. Certainly, I said in the speech I made that we had established six national models of integrated care, and those are the models that the regional integration fund are working to. Those are: preventative community co-ordination; complex care closer to home; promoting good emotional health and well-being; therapeutic support for looked-after children and...
Julie Morgan: The design of the regional integrational fund builds on the progress made under the previous integrated care fund and transformation fund, whilst also responding to the recommendations from the respective independent evaluations and Audit Wales reports. This vital learning has helped us to shape the fund, which includes several key features, such as a greater focus on six specific models of...
Julie Morgan: Good afternoon. I'm delighted to be here to give you an update on our regional integration fund.
Julie Morgan: The pressures on our health and care system continue to challenge us, and I remain hugely grateful for the tireless work and dedication of our health and social care delivery partners and, of course, their incredible workforce. The Welsh Government wants people to be able to live their best lives as independently as possible in their own communities. The ability of health and social care...
Julie Morgan: Thank you very much. It's awful that you have to highlight those dreadful things that have happened to Kaylea, and once again I want to express my deepest sadness that this has happened. But I think the response from the Government should be that we should respond calmly, and we should give consideration to all the points that have been made, in particular to what the judge said in his...
Julie Morgan: Well, I can't tell you, Gareth, how seriously we are taking all these cases, and that of course we are doing all we possibly can to prevent such things happening, but the issue of whether there should be a review of children's services in Wales was debated here in the Senedd on 7 December, and the vote was taken against holding such a review for a number of reasons, which were fully debated...
Julie Morgan: I thank Gareth Davies for that question, and obviously I want to express my deep sadness about what has happened to Kaylea, and I think that we've all followed the description of what led to her death, and we obviously will have great and deepest sympathy. A child practice review has been set up, which is the normal way of proceeding with these cases, with these situations that come up, and...
Julie Morgan: As I said in response to Mike Hedges, eventually, we hope that all two-year-olds will have access to Flying Start, but of course this has to be done in a phased way. So, each local authority is putting in its plans for the expansion of Flying Start, so Monmouthshire will have put in a plan, which I think we are in the process of approving. From April, stage 2 expansion will start and in the...
Julie Morgan: I thank thank Mike Hedges for his question and for his enthusiasm for Flying Start. The Flying Start areas have been identified using the Wales index of multiple deprivation data from the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs, and are broken down by lower super output areas. I think that this high-level approach to targeting remains fit for purpose, but there is the...
Julie Morgan: Flying Start is delivering a phased expansion of early years provision to all two-year-olds. Phase 1 is nearing completion with services offered to over 2,500 additional children. Phase 2 begins in April and, over the next two years, will support over 9,500 more two-year-olds to access quality Flying Start childcare.
Julie Morgan: The recent Improvement Review of Bridgend Children’s Services by the Care Inspectorate Wales was published on 15 February. Welsh Government has considered it and will continue to carefully monitor the local authority as it continues working on the areas for improvement identified by CIW.
Julie Morgan: I thank Altaf Hussain for that very important question. It is, of course, vital that people needing to access end-of-life services are not put in the position where they are desperately trying to get information, particularly over a weekend. I’m aware of those sorts of situations, which I have experienced. A programme should be set up so that people, over weekends, for example, who are...
Julie Morgan: I thank the Member for that question. I'd like to emphasise how closely the Minister and I have been working to bring health and social care together. We have fortnightly meetings—the care action committee—where we drive developments that are jointly between health and social care, and that has resulted in 595 community beds, which are created by the local authorities, by the health...
Julie Morgan: Effective working across health and social care is essential in managing hospital discharges effectively. Working in partnership has been a real feature of our approach to the challenges the system is facing this winter and has resulted in an additional 595 community beds, which are aiding hospital discharge.
Julie Morgan: To support health boards during this incredibly busy time, we've issued guidance in the form of a revised local options framework, which gives them flexibility and support to respond to the multiple risks being faced at the moment. We've also written to clinical leaders to encourage them not to admit people to hospital unless absolutely necessary, and to help medically fit patients to return...
Julie Morgan: Thank you. I welcome the opportunity to respond to this debate.
Julie Morgan: I'm really pleased to be here today, and I really welcome the constructive way that Peter Fox has introduced this debate and the proposals that he has made. We are all aware that our health and social services are facing extreme pressure this winter, and, as Peter said, this is the position across the whole of the UK. As well as continuing to deal with COVID-19 patients, of whom there are...
Julie Morgan: Yes, I know. I'll be very quick. I'll finish now. I know that there are enormous challenges here in Wales, but we know what they are and we are acting on them. A review now would delay us in taking forward our plans, would divert resources, and I think would be of dubious practical value. As I said before, if I thought we would gain something, we would do it. So, it would be helpful to me, to...
