Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 24 May 2016.
It’s good to hear, First Minister, that you recognise that this really is a global threat to human health and survival rates from common causes. We have always assumed that we would easily survive the common diseases that now could cause death. Professor O’Neill is calling for worldwide action on this, both in relation to the overuse of antibiotics in animals as well as the overuse of prescribing to human beings. I wonder how this delivery plan that was published just before we went into recess is going to deal with the variations in practice, both in our hospitals and in our GP practices. I particularly note that in the Cardiff east GP cluster, there is a significant overprescribing for respiratory diseases compared with other clusters, and it would be useful to explore why these differences exist and how we’re going to deal with them.