Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:40 pm on 7 December 2016.
Diolch, Lywydd. Cabinet Secretary, it was extremely distressing to read in the papers of a family’s torment of an 86-year-old man who killed his dementia-suffering wife, aged 85, and then, himself unable to cope, stepped in front of a train. He was his wife’s devoted carer and they leave six children who feel let down and claim social services provision was inadequate. This is unacceptable and we need to improve collaboration as well as communication between departments to prevent people, like this couple from Cardiff, from slipping through the cracks in our system. Whilst our condolences go out to the family, what lessons can we learn and how can we prevent this tragic situation from happening again?