Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:21 pm on 25 January 2017.
Thank you for the answer. I received an e-mail from somebody in Old Colwyn who was concerned about the fact that their general practitioner is now retiring, and 1,200 of the patients are going to be disbursed amongst different surgeries. Now, it seems to me that what we need to be doing is thinking creatively around this area around GPs retiring, and maybe bringing some of them back out of retirement, or people who are going to be retiring, encouraging them to stay on part-time. One of the major blockages for this is the fact that indemnity insurance can range anything from £5,000 to £40,000 per GP per year. Can the Welsh Government look into this and see if they can find a creative way in assisting GPs to cover these costs in order to cover GPs on the rota?