Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 7 March 2017.
Thank you for that. I’ve met with a great many of the organisations that represent all facets of the GP work sphere and, of course, the issue of professional indemnity is one of the major points that comes across as a barrier for getting more GPs who currently are either thinking of retiring and work part-time to release more of their GP hours and go into GP practices, which would indeed help with all of the queues and problems that we see in GP practices. I am aware that some of that £27 million is earmarked to help to offset some of that indemnity, but what I really wanted to know was that I understood that the Cabinet Secretary had commissioned a report by Welsh Government lawyers into this issue, and I was wondering if the First Minister could tell me if this report has been completed, and if so, could you share with us the advice that it gave the Cabinet Secretary?