<p>Primary Care </p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:26 pm on 29 March 2017.

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Photo of Mark Reckless Mark Reckless UKIP 2:26, 29 March 2017

I welcome those increases. To the extent that health systems in the UK have a reputation internationally for delivering good value, considerable emphasis is placed on the role of GPs as gatekeepers to the significantly more expensive parts of the system, particularly in hospitals. Given the pressures on GPs, would it not potentially assist the health Secretary, with the deficits he faces at hospitals and pressures elsewhere in the system, if he could ensure a steeper increase still in the investment going into GPs and their recruitment?