10. 6. Debate: The Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report 2015-16

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:43 pm on 29 November 2016.

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Photo of Angela Burns Angela Burns Conservative 5:43, 29 November 2016

Would you take an intervention? Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Of course, the other thing is that a lot of the people we’ve talked about today who struggle to access a number of these services do go to the chemist. They go to the chemist on a regular basis to get the medicines that they’ve been prescribed because of their lifestyles, and that gives us a really great chance for the pharmacist to perhaps get hold of them and to help them make better decisions about their way forward. So, we can use the pharmacist as a consultant in terms of lifestyle and behaviours.