Minister sets out vision for ethical use of AI in health and care in Wales

Before AI there is so much to resolve related to Welsh transport decision making that impact NHS performance: 1. Trains: * CAF trains are not accessible for wheelchair users. Is this now in the specification that for new Transport for Wales (TfW) trains a wheelchair user can get on a train and move throughout a train unassisted? Canada has had this for decades and if CAF cannot provide then TfW should have a meeting with Via Rail Canada to share lessons learnt and then consider adding Via Rails supplier to a tender list, then TfW should tender and specify add the following wording to the tender specification as a pass / fail criteria: 'TfW requires all trains to be configurated so that a wheelchair user can board the train unaided and move to any carriage, if you cannot provide this option your tender will be deemed non-compliant.' If all of TfW's train fleet was configured in this way (i.e. similar to London Underground) then there would be less allowance in the train schedules for the train conductors to get a ramp, support a wheelchair user getting on board a train to be sat next to a toilet - then TfW's revenues / profits will increase as more trains can be ran on the network, journey times are reduced and staff utilisation rates increase; plus then passengers should choose trains before cars for journeys.  * Cardiff Airport would have more passengers if there were two trains per hour to both Port Talbot and Hereford. This could encourage organisations to open offices in Port Talbot to redeploy ex-Tata steelworkers (plus benefit from location being next to M4 and an integrated transport hub) and businesses in Hereford may then choose Cardiff Airport over the long drives to Heathrow / Bristol / Birmingham etc. * Cardiff Metro funding should be pursued from Westminster. Countries such as Canada would start online petitions through websites such as change.org and highlight the differences in funding levels and environmental impacts. This website should also consider working with itv Wales news to highlight the issues on underfunding, environmental impacts and the general state of UK transport policies.  2. Boats: * Stena Line have been paying their staff 50% below minimum wages. This practice should be stopped in Wales, France does not allow this behaviour; i note that the UK Government is working with Stena Line on more English investments. Could the Senedd pass a law to include the following wording: All transport providers that provide passenger services from Wales to Republic of Ireland must pay their staff at the UK minimum wage level or above. This will create more jobs in Pembroke, Holyhead etc and reduce unemployment benefits for the Senedd. 3. Cars: * I fully support the 20mph speed limits. When i travel to Wales i prefer to stop in locations such as Ross-On-Wye and have a twenty minute walk to have a break and exercise. Some English service stations such as Tebay (privately owned in Cumbria) and Stafford (Moto manage) have lakes and you can have a short walk. Could the Senedd specify that all future service stations must have lakes and walking routes? Plus work with a services such as Raglan to have a path around the perimeter of the site (that gives pedestrians priority over lorries)? Then this aligns with a healthier lifestyle and should reduce obesity rates. * Services such as Raglan sell junk food, whereas Tebay and Gloucester Services (same owner) sell locally produced products and are very popular. Could the Senedd specify that all future service stations must not sell junk food, sell locally produced products and have all the planning applications peer reviewed by the head of NHS Wales? Plus work with Raglan Services to have more locally produced products from Wales and England sold - which should provide them with more revenue, this could be done with a kiosk outside the main building if necessary. Then more jobs are created within 20 or so miles of the service stations and healthier products are sold. 4. Bike Hire: * I would travel to Wales more by train if i could hire a bike at the train station. Could the Senedd ask TfW to rent bikes in Abergavenny and Port Talbot Parkway stations (daily all year) as a trial. Abergavenny is focused on summer outward bounds activities and the town would benefit from year-round tourism that mountain bike enthusiasts may then visit November - March and so the region has more year-round tourists and the economy is stabilised. From Port Talbot a signposted bike trial to Afan Argoed and beyond could be created. TfW could partner with Trailfinders to offer rail / bike holidays throughout the year. To incentivise Trailfinders to support they could be the exclusive provider and keep all profits for a two-year period to incentivise them to get their wealthy English clientele to visit Wales.  5. Cardiff Airport: * Ryanair focuses on airports funding seasonal tourism flights. This may be good for well-being but will not bring overseas visitors to Cardiff and beyond. British Airways owner has flights to Cardiff Airport branded Vueling and Aer Lingus and should be approached for flights to European business centres such as Dublin / Helsinki / Madrid and then One Worlds frequent fliers can user their points for city breaks in Cardiff instead of visiting German Markets. * British Airways has a strong and loyal customer base. Their customers will earn frequent flier points on business flights and utilise those points for summer holidays / short breaks / experience days / wines etc. Cardiff Airport needs to develop relationship with KLM to include Air France flights from Paris, SAS flights from Oslo / Copenhagen / Stockholm even if they are only two flights per week, but they must be year-round to stabilise demand. Lufthansa tries to launch new routes and capacity changes at end of October as then the flight will have a static demand during a quiet travel period and benefit from higher prices in July-August. Lufthansa should also be approach for flights to their hubs in Brussels, Frankfurt, Vienna, Rome and Zurich.  * Jonathan Moody, Head of Aviation, Ports and Logistics for the Senydd should be involved in developing routes from the airport to business centres. It could be added to his objectives / linked to his bonus.  * Cardiff and the region then need to hold events to attract the inbound tourists November - March - such as November and December Welsh Themed Christmas Markets (which include tours of castles), January - March train tours of Wales with CADW. All these activities should be revenue generating and may need a partner such as Trailfinders to manage. The Welsh Government could ask CADW to provide free entry for overseas tourists during November - March to stimulate demand; this may not cost CADW much as they are giving away capacity that may not have been sold, plus are increasing off-peak tourism. 6. Senedd: * Needs to set own economic agenda for Wales, copy Europe not Westminster and ensure that decisions are made quickly. Two years ago i raised with the Department for Transport that the UK should copy Europe and stop companies operating in the UK which have massive tax breaks and they did not implement - but Wales should. The Senedd needs to add the following to all government funded procurement Pre-Qualification Questionnaires as a pass / fail criteria: Is your company registered in the United Kingdom (excluding Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man) and pay full rates of taxes? This will increase tax revenues that can boost the economy. * The Commonwealth is NOT supportive of its' members. For example, The Solomon Islands (located east of Australia) is one of the most economically depressed countries in the world, has seasonal tourism and zero exports. The Senedd should work with Cardiff to twin with Honaira to develop academic links and request that Iceland Foods support the countries farmers in how to develop plantations to supply Australian consumers and Terry Matthews / Celtic Manor support the development of a business hotel to be opened on the island. Then a few years after the relationship has developed seek to add other Commonwealth countries in the region to a networking group to share lessons learnt and help them develop their economies. * Countries such as Canada and the Francophone economies (88 members including Argentina and Republic of Ireland and a population of 1.2bn) use recognised corruption indices to determine their partners. For example, Francophone economies rejected an application from Saudi Arabia for membership due to corruption, yet the UK Government is telling British firms to attend trade fairs in Saudi Arabia - clearly the UK Government has not learnt from Tony Blairs focus on Russian residents owning properties in London.