What is the Cabinet Secretary doing to ensure that mandatory checks on neonatal resuscitaire units and other emergency medical equipment are being carried out on a regular basis in Welsh healthcare settings?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care | Answered on 21/02/2025
The regular checking of all medical equipment including neonatal resuscitaires is the professional responsibility of health boards.
Health inspectorate Wales (HIW) through their maternity unit inspection programme check systems and processes to gain assurance that equipment checks are in place. Any subsequent actions from HIW inspections are followed up through health board action plans and monitored though HIW and Welsh Government assurance mechanisms