QNR – Senedd Cymru ar 19 Medi 2018.
Welsh Government recognises the important role provision of registered after-school clubs play in supporting families. The clubs not only provide valuable opportunities for school age children to play, develop skills, and make new friends, but also support working parents ensuring their children are cared for in a safe appropriate environment.
The approach is set out in the Respiratory Health Delivery Plan for Wales, which was updated and published in January. The Plan includes a national work stream for Interstitial Lung Disease and the establishment of regional specialist teams to support local care.
Timely complaints handling is a key measure in the NHS Delivery Framework and performance overall is showing a year on year improvement. This will continue to be monitored closely to ensure the target of 75% of all complaints being resolved within 30 days is met.
I work closely with my colleague, the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services to ensure there is effective engagement between Local Health Boards and their Local Authority partners across the range of their respective responsibilities.
The Cancer Delivery Plan for Wales 2017-2020 sets out our approach to detecting and diagnosing cancer. People referred for urgent suspected cancer should be diagnosed and begin definitive treatment within 62 days. I am pleased to note continued improvements in one and five year survival for cancer patients in Wales.
We recognise that some STIs are increasing. Implementation of the recommendations of the review, supported by alternative models of service delivery, will allow for improved access to testing and treatment. Pilots of the alternative models are underway and will report at the end of the financial year.
NHS Prosthetic and Amputee Rehabilitation services are delivered by three specialist Artificial Limb and Appliance Centres. NHS Wales does not provide microprocessor knees for civilians; however they are available to war veterans in line with the criteria set out in the WHSSC War Veterans Enhanced Prosthetic Provision Commissioning Policy.