Cwestiynau Ysgrifenedig y Cynulliad a gyflwynwyd ar 13 Medi 2016 i'w hateb ar 20 Medi 2016
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Gofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi a'r Seilwaith
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): A wnaiff y Gweinidog roi gwybod pam y daeth y contract i BT gynnal gweithgareddau marchnata Superfast Cymru i ben flwyddyn cyn y daw'r prosiect Superfast ei hun i ben? (WAQ70941)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 20 Medi 2016
Y Gweinidog dros Sgiliau a Gwyddoniaeth (Julie James): The three year Superfast Cymru marketing and communications agreement with BT ended on 30th June 2016. The marketing arrangement with BT spanned the length of the original contract to deliver the Superfast Cymru project which was due to end in June 2016. Following a variation to the Superfast Cymru contract to deliver superfast broadband access to around 40,000 additional premises, the end date of the project was extended to June 2017. Communications and marketing was not included in the contract variation.
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Beth oedd cyfanswm costau a hyd contract BT i gynnal gweithgareddau marchnata Superfast Cymru, a beth yw'r gyllideb ar gyfer gweithgareddau marchnata o'r fath a gaiff eu cynnal gan Lywodraeth Cymru, gan fod y contract hwn wedi dod i ben? (WAQ70942)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 20 Medi 2016
Julie James: The marketing and communications agreement with BT spanned three years at a total cost of £1.7m to support the Superfast Cymru roll-out. The Welsh Government has budgeted £1.15m over the next three years to deliver a multi-layered regional engagement programme across Wales.
Mark Isherwood (Gogledd Cymru): A fydd yr adolygiad o Bartneriaeth ar gyfer Twf Croeso Cymru 2020 yn canfod y ffordd orau o gefnogi sector twristiaeth Cymru wrth iddo gystadlu am gwsmeriaid sy'n ymweld â Lloegr, yn erbyn cefndir o well adnoddau ar gyfer Visit England? (WAQ70945)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 15 Medi 2016
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi a'r Seilwaith (Ken Skates): The review of Partnership for Growth looked at the recent performance of the industry and considered how changes in market conditions may impact on growth opportunities facing the visitor economy in Wales up to 2020.
The review summarises the position and indicates areas where the strategy will be refocused for the remainder of the period to 2020. We currently remain on track to exceed the strategy target of 10% growth in real terms from staying visitor earnings by 2020.
Gofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd, Llesiant a Chwaraeon
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Sut mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn monitro cynnydd o ran gweithredu naw argymhelliad ymchwiliad byr Pwyllgor Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol y Pedwerydd Cynulliad i weithlu meddygon teulu yng Nghymru, gan fod pob un ohonynt wedi'u derbyn gan y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol ar y pryd. (WAQ70940)
I have provided an update below against each of the recommendations from the inquiry and you will see that many of these are being implemented or progressed through the new marketing campaign.
Recommendation 1 – This recommendation was accepted in principle and was implemented via the primary care workforce plan and HPEI review. Full consideration has been given to the possibility of increasing the number of GP training places but given that there are a number of places that remain unfilled, it remains the position that increasing the number at this point in time does not represent the best allocation of funding. However, this situation will be kept under review.
Recommendation 2 – This recommendation has already been implemented. A new process has been introduced this year to consider whether changes should be made to the number of specialty training posts for the 2017/18 intake. The outcome of this process is being discussed with NHS Chief Executives and I expect to receive advice in the coming weeks.
Recommendation 3 – This issue continues to be considered on a UK-wide level, against the backdrop of the Shape of Training agenda. The previous Minister wrote to the committee with the requested further information.
Recommendations 4 to 6 – These recommendations began their implementation through the primary care workforce plan and are now being further progressed under the recruitment and marketing campaign and the GP offer, which is due to launch in October. I will be making a statement in Plenary on the campaign on Tuesday 20 September.
Recommendation 7 – This matter is being taken forward through the “widening access” programme of work. During the summer recess, I also met the deans of both medical schools in Wales, and they identified the importance of reviewing the activities already in place to encourage Welsh students to aspire to a career in medicine - and to encourage them to consider starting their education for that career here in Wales. Promoting medical careers to those students already in Wales will be another facet of the marketing campaign, in addition to the other elements aiming to attract those from outside of Wales.
Recommendation 8 – Officials have been in discussions with NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) to develop a career conversations service, not only for those nearing retirement but for those thinking of leaving Wales or general practice entirely. The work is in its early stages of development but will feature as part of the longer term offer to GPs under the recruitment campaign. There has already been some development for GP trainees in this area (also undertaken by NWSSP), in the form of entry and exit interviews, for those about to embark on their training and those nearing the end. This helps establish early expectations and the reality of their experiences of training in Wales as well as trying to explore the reasons behind those trainees who either stay in Wales or leave to work elsewhere.
Recommendation 9 – The GP retainer scheme will be another feature of the GP offer. However it is also linked to the work to implement recommendation 8, as it is only through those conversations can we build a picture and understand the grassroots reasons behind those GPs wishing to leave general practice or retiring early.
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): A wnaiff y Gweinidog gadarnhau a oes gan Lywodraeth Cymru gynllun gweithlu deng mlynedd ar gyfer GIG Cymru? (WAQ70943)
Vaughan Gething: I am committed to the development of a 10-year national workforce plan for the NHS, which received cross-party support in the Assembly in 2015.
Since that debate, work has been undertaken to develop the plan including a literature review of best practice across the UK and beyond, consideration of the outputs of the Health Professionals Education and Investment Review, the NHS Wales Workforce Review and the most recent Integrated Medium Term Plans submitted by health boards and trusts. A collaborative programme of work to address key workforce priorities common to NHS organisations in Wales has also been agreed by Chief Executives, with those priorities and actions also informing the approach of the 10-year plan. Action to address the current challenges faced by the workforce is therefore underway and the development of a plan for the longer term is in hand.
On 18 May the First Minister announced a Parliamentary Review into the future of Health and Social Care in Wales as a priority for this government. The original timescale for the 10-year workforce plan was for it to be made ready by November 2016. This now means that this long term plan would be published prior to the parliamentary review concluding and without having had the chance to consider its findings. I do not think this is the best course of action. The review represents a real opportunity to build a consensus on the priorities and long-term aims of health and social care in Wales, both of which will help further inform the direction of the future workforce.
In light of this, the 10-year plan publication date has been moved, to allow for the Parliamentary Review to conclude and provide a period of time to analyse the outcome of the review and develop the plan accordingly.
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Pa drafodaethau y mae'r Gweinidog wedi'u cynnal ag ysgolion meddygol yng Nghymru ynghylch codi nifer y llefydd a gaiff eu hariannu gan y Llywodraeth ar gyfer meddygon cysylltiol, o'r 27 sydd ar gael eleni, ac a wnaiff roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am waith Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen Gwasanaethau'r Gweithlu, Addysg a Datblygu yn y maes hwn? (WAQ70939)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 20 Medi 2016
Vaughan Gething: The Welsh Government has centrally funded a pilot, two year education programme to train Physicians Associates in Swansea University (15 places) and Bangor University (12 places). Both programmes are due to commence this month.
Any decisions on future Physician Associate training places will need to be taken in the context of the ongoing evaluation of the pilot programme. The work of the Task and Finish Group, established by the All Wales Strategic Medical Workforce Group, (which is supported by Workforce Education and Development Services) is ongoing, with a focus on developing a Governance Framework for Physicians Associates.
Gofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Amgylchedd a Materion Gwledig
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): A wnaiff y Gweinidog ddatganiad am bwysigrwydd craffu democrataidd ar ymatebion cyrff cyhoeddus i ymgynghoriadau'n ymwneud â deddfwriaeth gynllunio, gan gyfeirio'n arbennig at ymgynghoriad TAN1 2014, a llunio Cynlluniau Datblygu Lleol? (WAQ70944)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 20 Medi 2016
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Amgylchedd a Materion Gwledig (Lesley Griffiths): TAN 1 provides technical advice and guidance on the preparation of Joint Housing Availability Studies (JHLAS) and is not planning legislation. The consultation on TAN 1, in 2014, was undertaken in accordance with the Welsh Government Consultation Guidance and all responses, including those from public bodies, were considered as part of the review process.