Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:22 pm on 4 October 2017.
I thank you for the question and raising the issue about careless undertakings in residential facilities, not just within hospitals or homecare based. Actually, there is a challenge here about what is a not unusual process that’s undertaken, and actually it’s relatively simple; the challenge here is about how blocked catheters are dealt with and the proper care. So, I’ll certainly take it up and look again at the issue about how we try and ensure that when we’re commissioning care in the social care sector, we understand what we’re commissioning, the quality of care provided, but also that healthcare professionals understand their responsibilities around what is, essentially, a basic element of care and treatment for citizens in whichever part of the healthcare system they happen to be in.