The dementia action plan is going to be written this year. So, it will be available this year, and work is actually being undertaken now to do so. I attended an event two weeks ago at the University of South Wales, bringing together a range of different people, both carers and individuals who have dementia, and third sector organisations, as part of how we’re actually trying to drive improvement in this area to deliver on the ambitions—not just of Government; I think there’s a broader ambition here that goes across party about how we have a more open conversation about dementia itself and how we then improve services and work alongside people as well.

So, the chief medical officer, for example, is on the group trying to take that forward. We expect to publish that action plan within this calendar year. And, whilst we haven’t specifically mentioned children within each of the delivery plans that have consequently been given, of course the range of these services will affect the quality of services that children and young people receive as well. And, on a range of the priorities that the implementation group set, they’re looking in particular, for example, at the paediatric diabetic service, as well—a range of different areas and different conditions. They do specifically consider services for children and young people. So, just because I haven’t specifically said that this is something that affects children and is only prioritised at children, that does not mean that children and young people are being forgotten—far from it.

I’m really proud of what the national health service has done with its partners and with the third sector in making major gains for people in Wales in both the patient experience and patient outcomes. We have a good approach to take. I’m proud that we directly engage people outside Government and outside the health service, and I look forward to more success being reported on the back of the next stage of these plans of implementation groups moving forward.