Meetings

Inquiry into measles outbreak 2013

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 21/11/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services - measles single vaccine provider

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3b.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services in relation to measles single vaccine providers.


Meeting: 23/10/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

7 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services: health protection and immunisation budget

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Minutes:

7a.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the health protection and immunisation budget.

 


Meeting: 25/09/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services: Measles outbreak 2013

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3d.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services.

3d.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services to ask:

·         what impact the reduction of £1.9million to the health protection and immunisation budget, as reported by the Wales Audit Office’s Health Finances 2012-13 and beyond [page 16], has had; and

·         where provision of funding to deal with the recent measles outbreak was sourced, and whether the saving of £1.9million stood at the year end.


Meeting: 25/09/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services: Response to the Committee's Inquiry into the measles outbreak 2013

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Minutes:

3e.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services.

 


Meeting: 18/07/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

Inquiry into measles outbreak 2013 - Consideration of key themes

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered the key themes of the inquiry.


Meeting: 10/07/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Evidence on the role of the media

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 5

 

          Dr Andy Williams, Cardiff School of Journalism

 

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4.2 Dr Andy Williams responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

4.3 Dr Williams agreed to provide a copy of the guidelines for journalists produced by the Science Media Centre.


Meeting: 10/07/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Evidence from Sense and UCL Institute of Child Health

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 6 : Sense

 

Nick Morris, Policy & Campaigns Officer (Cymru), Sense

Joff McGill, Director of Information, Advice, and Research and lead on immunisation and rubella, Sense

 

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 7 : UCL Institute of Child Health

 

          Dr Helen Bedford, Senior Lecturer in Children’s Health

 

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4.4 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 


Meeting: 10/07/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Inquiry into measles outbreak 2013 - Evidence from RCN Wales

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 11

 

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5.4 The Committee noted the paper.


Meeting: 10/07/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Inquiry into measles outbreak 2013 - Written evidence from BMA Cymru Wales

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 10

 

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5.3 The Committee noted the paper.


Meeting: 10/07/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Evidence from the Welsh Government

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 9

 

          Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services

          Dr Ruth Hussey, Chief Medical Officer

Andrew Riley, Senior Medical Officer

 

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4.7 The Minister and Dr Hussey responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

4.8 Dr Hussey agreed to provide clarification on the difference between the figures provided by the Welsh Government and Public Health Wales in their written evidence on the national catch-up campaign in 2005. Dr Hussey also agreed to confirm whether the letter issued from the Welsh Government to health boards in 2009 encouraging compliance with the Welsh Health Circular 2005 was generic or geographically specific.


Meeting: 10/07/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Evidence from Public Health Wales

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 8

 

Dr Marion Lyons, Director of Health Protection

Dr Brendan Mason, Regional Epidemiologist

Dr Richard Roberts, Head, Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme

Dr Quentin Sandifer, Executive Director of Public Health Services

 

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4.5 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

4.6 Dr Sandifer agreed to provide details of the number of MMR vaccinations administered in the Swansea area following the national campaign to raise uptake in 2005-6.

 


Meeting: 10/07/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Evidence from Local Health Boards and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 1 : Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 2 : Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 3 : Aneurin Bevan Health Board

HSC(4)-24-13 paper 4 : Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

 

Dr Sara Hayes, Director of Public Health, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board

Dr Ian Millington, Medical Secretary of Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Local Medical Committee

Andrew Jones, Director of Public Health, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Dr Gillian Richardson, Director of Public Health, Aneurin Bevan Health Board

John Burge, Principal School’s Governance Officer, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

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Minutes:

4.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 


Meeting: 10/07/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Inquiry into measles outbreak 2013 - oral evidence

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  • Research Service brief