Thank you, First Minister. I’ve been contacted by a parent who has been trying to arrange for a simple medical examination for her daughter at her local surgery in Newtown. This is a requirement in advance of her going abroad to study. Now, the surgery has made the decision not to undertake any further medicals of this nature due to the GP shortage. No other practices in the area are able to also offer an appointment. The parent has even offered to pay. My office has been in contact with the local health board, who are also not able to offer any support.

So, as it stands, from my understanding, the only option available now for this young lady to get a medical that she needs to go and study abroad is to pay for it privately, and she would need to go—the nearest area to do this would be somewhere in England. So (1) I’d be grateful if you could offer any advice to my constituent, and (2) if you could offer any update on the shortage of GPs that we see, particularly in mid Wales, which is becoming—I’m sure you would agree also—more of a crisis that we have to deal with.