Inquiry into measles outbreak 2013
Inquiry into measles outbreak 2013
The Health and Social Care Committee undertook an inquiry into the 2013 measles outbreak during July 2013.
The terms of reference for the inquiry were to consider:
- the factors that have led to the current measles outbreak;
- the actions taken by public health professionals, in partnership with other agencies, in response to the outbreak;
- the lessons that could be learned in order to prevent future outbreaks.
The Committee took oral evidence for this inquiry on 10 July 2013.
The Committee wrote to the Minister for Health and Social Services on 16 August 2013 (PDF, 217KB) to outline the key issues identified as part of its work. The Minister replied on 11 September 2013 (PDF, 1MB).
Business type: Committee Inquiry
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 05/06/2013
Documents
- Letters issued following the oral evidence session
- Letter to the Chair of the Committee from the Minister for Health and Social Services - Measles outbreak 2013 (11 September 2013) PDF 1 MB
- Letter from the Health and Social Care Committee to the Minister for Health and Social Services – key issues arising from evidence (16 August 2013) PDF 136 KB View as HTML (3) 43 KB
- Letter to the Chair of the Committee from the Minister for Health and Social Services - Measles outbreak 2013 (8 August 2013) PDF 425 KB
- Letters issued prior to the oral evidence session
- Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services (14 May 2013) PDF 167 KB
- Response from the Minister for Health and Social Services (23 May 2013) PDF 162 KB
- Letter to Public Health Wales (14 May 2013) PDF 1019 KB
- Response from Public Health Wales (29 May 2013) PDF 523 KB