Amy Clifton

Oct 21, 2024 | research.senedd.wales | Amy Clifton |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament

Our previous article looked at how the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill will affect children and young people. This article looks at its impact on disabled and older people. Part 2 of the Bill will introduce the option of direct payments for Continuing NHS Healthcare (CHC), aiming to improve voice and control for service users. This article explores some of the key themes from the evidence given during the first stage of the Senedd’s legislative process.. What does it all mean?

Sep 13, 2024 | research.senedd.wales | Amy Clifton |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament

Every three seconds, someone in the world dies of sepsis. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that can arise from any infection. It remains one of the most common but least recognised illnesses in both the developed and developing world. lose their lives to sepsis, and it kills more than breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined. In late 2019, the Fifth Senedd’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee started an inquiry into Sepsis.

Apr 17, 2024 | research.senedd.wales | Amy Clifton |Claire Thomas |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament

This is the second article in a two-part series focused on social care workers. Our first article looked at recent visa restrictions for migrant workers, which is likely to put further pressure on a workforce already struggling to fill vacancies. This article looks at what we know about the current state of the workforce and the pressure on the sector, which is contributing to rising concerns about modern slavery and exploitation in social care.

Sep 11, 2023 | research.senedd.wales | Sian Thomas |Amy Clifton |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament

This is the second in our series of articles reflecting on the Welsh Government’s progress against its Programme for Government (PfG). It explores the well-being objective to “Protect, re-build and develop our services for vulnerable people”. There are 14 specific commitments beneath this broad Cabinet-wide objective, which the Welsh Government has given an update on in its PfG annual report. There are also relevant Ministerial commitments.

Mar 29, 2023 | research.senedd.wales | Amy Clifton |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament

The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 has been described as  “ground-breaking” (see our previous article for further information on the Act). The Welsh Government commissioned an independent evaluation of the Act, which concluded at the end of 2022. A number of initial reports were published over the course of the evaluation. As we await the final evaluation report, our two part series looks at what we know so far about whether the legislation is having the desired impact.