Access to CAMHS In-patient Care

Part of 4. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 3:38 pm on 3 April 2019.

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Photo of Bethan Sayed Bethan Sayed Plaid Cymru 3:38, 3 April 2019

In relation to the case of Claire Greaves—the tragic case—this was obviously a case of anorexia as well as personality disorder from an early age. My interest is in trying to understand, as part of the eating disorders review, whether you are considering a discussion, a wider discussion, about an eating disorders in-patient unit or units in Wales, not directly as a consequence of this, but as a consequence of the calls, over many years, by patients and carers.

When Mark Drakeford, the current First Minister, was the health Minister, he said that he was intent on repatriating many of the young people who were in units across the border, and it may be that we can discuss the level of care in this case or we may not, but what's important here is that we have a level of provision in this nation of ours whereby people are close enough to their loved ones so that they don't feel that they're in these types of positions. So, I'm wanting to understand what you can do to ensure that we have an open debate about the possibilities of this added dimension that wasn't included in the initial framework because of the way in which the framework was delivered on that regional hub basis. I think the time has come whereby we do really need to revisit that model, not only for this case in itself, but for other young people across Wales who are in the same position.