8. 4. Statement: The Parliamentary Review into Health and Care Services

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:55 pm on 1 November 2016.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 4:55, 1 November 2016

Thank you for those comments and questions, and, again, I should have noted both from Rhun and Angela, and now Caroline, the recognition about the role of a businessperson to add an additional perspective and international experience. And, of course, I’m very pleased to hear the welcome that Members have given to Dr Hussey agreeing to chair this review panel.

On the stakeholder reference group, that’s something I would wish to discuss again with party spokespeople to make sure that it is something that makes sense, and making sure that we have enough views to come in, about how we take advantage of that expertise within Wales’s experience, and how different people see different demands being made upon the service. The Welsh NHS Confederation will have a particular view on a range of these challenges, and we’ll find lots of people in the third sector having a range of views as well. We’ve also heard already from Rhun the importance of having a patient perspective, too. So, those are things that I think are eminently manageable and achievable, and I hope that we can come, as we have done previously, to a sensible agreement on how to make sure that they are a real part of the review and its work. We’ll then see that influence in the recommendations that are provided at the end of the review panel’s work.