<p>The Equality of Care for NHS Patients </p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:29 pm on 7 December 2016.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 2:29, 7 December 2016

Cabinet Secretary, obviously the ability to attract staff into the Welsh NHS is a critical component of providing a modern and dynamic NHS here in Wales. The Royal College of Physicians brought forward their survey recently that indicated that of the jobs advertised at consultant level, at least 40 per cent went unfulfilled, and many of them didn’t even have any applicants applying for those jobs. How confident are you that, when this assessment is made in 12 months’ time, the Welsh Government, along with the health boards, will have made progress in attracting more consultants into Wales, and importantly getting applications for jobs wherever those consultant jobs exist in Wales?