Computer systems in the Welsh health service are "outdated" and failures are having a "negative impact" on patients, according to the report.

The inquiry questioned the "competence, capability and capacity" of the body that looks after IT, the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS).

There were 21 systems outages in the first half of 2018, according to the public accounts committee.

"As we begin scrutinising one area, we find that other, equally serious questions arise elsewhere," the report said.

"As a consequence, we are anxious that our scrutiny has merely scratched the surface of NWIS' problems."

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We now reach a debate on the Public Accounts Committee report on the NHS Wales Informatics System.

Committee chairman Nick Ramsay presents the cross-party report, external which uncovered a "raft of problems" in the system.

Economy secretary Ken Skates says his officials met with company officials on Monday, along with Anglesey council representatives, "and all parties agreed to work together in an effort to retain employment at the site".

Rhun Ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) asks: Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's actions following REHAU Ltd.'s decision to consult on the future of its factory in Amlwch?

German-firm Rehau said more than 100 staff could be made redundant at its facility in Amlwch, Anglesey.

Rehau said the Amlwch factory's main manufacturing focus was a type of polymer called PVC Edgeband, which is used on desks and furniture.

However, demand for the material has plummeted, contributing to a "more than 70% reduction" in demand for the firm's products, a spokesman added.

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Health Secretary Vaughan Gething says he expects the health board to "take urgent action to address the findings and recommendations of the report".

Wade did not get a criminal record check (CRB) when he was re-deployed to work as a care assistant at the end of 2004, or when disclosure and barring service (DBS) checks were introduced in 2012.

However, police later indicated that no concerns would have been found if Wade had been checked when he started working with vulnerable patients.

There were also no concerns about his performance or interaction with patients before the first of three allegations was made.

• 'Senseless, brutal' murder of neighbour
• Ex-patient sues health board over sex assault claim
• Health board review 'wholly insufficient'
• DBS system 'too mechanical'

The HIW found that 142 of the 2,000 staff working in Abertawe Bro Morgannwg's (ABMU) learning disabilities directorate did not have DBS checks or renewed checks.

ABMU said DBS checks were now underway with 90% of staff in that department - with half completed - and all would be done within three months.

It said it had also taken a decision to check all existing staff working with all vulnerable or at-risk patients.

Bethan Sayed (South Wales West) asks: Will the Minister respond to the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales review into Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health board’s handling of sex assault claims from patients with learning difficulties against a care worker?

Background checks have not been done on scores of staff at a health board, according to a watchdog.

Care worker Kris Wade was not checked - and neither have 142 health workers in his old department.

Health Inspectorate Wales (HIW) criticised how sex assault claims against him from three patients with learning difficulties were handled.

Wade later admitted the brutal murder of a neighbour in Cardiff Bay in 2016, while suspended from his job.

Abertawe Bro Morgannwg (ABMU) health board - criticised for the length of time and the way the investigations took place - admitted more could still be done and "apologised sincerely" to the female victims "for his abhorrent actions".

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The next item is Questions to the Assembly Commission, the body responsible for the day to day running of the Welsh Assembly.

Asked by Labour AM for Cardiff Central Jenny Rathbone how does the level of food waste generated on the Assembly's estate in the last quarter compare with the same period in the previous year, Commissioner David Rowlands replies the level of food waste "increased slightly to 4.59 tonnes".

Eluned Morgan tells UKIP's Gareth Bennett that the Commonwealth Games "is not one of the big events on our agenda at the moment...you have to look at the cost implications".

Conservative Suzy Davies refers to the consultation document on the new curriculum, which says it would be a "duty on all schools and funded nursery settings to teach English as a compulsory element of the new curriculum for Wales".

Eluned Morgan says the Welsh Government is committed to the method of total immersion (trochi) and that "cylchoedd meithrin will not have to change the way they work".

Plaid Cymru's Sian Gwenllian asks whether the Welsh Government's plan is to make English a compulsory subject for children in Welsh medium nurseries, which she says would undermine the whole philosophy of Welsh-medium education and the experience of decades of language planning in Wales.

Eluned Morgan says there will be no change in the current arrangement of "total immersion" ("trochi") in Welsh medium nurseries.

Eluned Morgan says the Welsh Government is "working with partners in Wales, the UK and internationally to identify and pursue new opportunities to attract major sporting and cultural events to all parts of Wales".

Mandy Jones calls for "replicating the success of Cardiff" in attracting events throughout Wales.

We move on to Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language Eluned Morgan.

Independent AM Mandy Jones - who succeeded Nathan Gill as a North Wales AM in December 2017 but was not accepted into the UKIP group, which she later described as "toxic" - asks what is the Welsh Government doing to bring more major events to Wales.

UKIP's Neil Hamilton says "the funding formula for local government is looking increasingly dated and requires reform", and that it "forces councils to raise council tax every year".

Rebecca Evans says the Welsh Government is "open to other ideas".

Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorweth says "if capital spend in Wales had kept pace with capital spend per head in the south-east of England and London, an additional £5.6 billion would have been spent in Wales over the last 20 years."

Rebecca Evans says it's "not a particularly accurate comparison".

On the devolution of income tax, Rebecca Evans tells Conservative Nick Ramsay "we have no plans to increase income tax during this assembly term".

However, she adds "we can never say we will never increase income tax".

The first of the tabled questions, external is by Dr Dai Lloyd: Will the Minister make a statement on improving public procurement in Wales?

Rebecca Evans states the Welsh Government is preparing a "new approach to procurement, which will seek to further drive-up well-being through public spending across all parts of Wales".

Dr Lloyd calls for "increasing the levels of local spend through procurement."

Prynhawn da.

Plenary gets underway at 1.30pm with Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd Rebecca Evans.