Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 3:03 pm on 13 July 2016.
Minister, there’s a shortage of community paediatricians in the Hywel Dda health board. One of the areas that this severely impacts is the provision of support and diagnosis for young people and children with autism. Despite reducing waits, we still have some people waiting two to four years for an autistic diagnosis. I don’t need to tell you that the earlier these young people get that diagnosis, the better their life chances are of being able to be the best they can possibly be. That is surely our aim for them. Now, Hywel Dda are trying their best, so they assure me on a constant basis; what I would like to know is what you are doing to monitor not just Hywel Dda health board, but actually all health boards, to ensure that there is adequate provision and to see what we can do to attract some of these much valued clinicians into our country.