Community Health Councils

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 3:06 pm on 31 January 2018.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 3:06, 31 January 2018

Dealing with your second point first about the broader planning process, of course it's a conversation across the Government about our planning system, and the way in which, when new residential properties in particular are created, there's an impact on wider services, such as the health service, which is an obvious one, and with schools being another one and transport being obvious parts that are affected. So, there is a need to look at how different parts of not just the health service, but those actors around it, are able to take part in the process and have a proper say and a conversation with the reality of the impact of future development. So, I recognise the broad point that you make.

On the point about the difference between a CHC visit and a formal inspectorate visit, the CHCs themselves recognise that there is potential for duplication, which is unhelpful. They actually try to have a protocol between themselves and HIW in particular to try and demarcate the different roles that they have and how they should complement each other. Part of what we'll want to do in taking forward the White Paper is to make that clear so that it makes sense to the citizen, but also to the inspectorate and the people who are looking to undertake that work, because I recognise that there is real value in it.