Thank you for the question. There are a range of things we are already talking to the GP and wider primary care community about—that includes what happens when people choose to retire; how patients have an uninterrupted access to a proper primary care service; and the sort of interventions the health board are able to undertake if they are not able to manage a smooth transition to another practice and actually continue. Actually, what Members should take comfort from is that, in each instance where someone has retired and handed back their contract, there has been no break in provision, that every patient has been found a new practice to go to, or that the health board themselves have managed to run a proper primary care service.

I recognise the particular issue the Member raised about indemnity insurance. It’s something we have active conversations with the British Medical Association about, and I’m hopeful that we can come to a solution in the near future.