First Minister, you’ll be aware that the British Medical Association was warning, many years ago—in fact, as far back as 2013—that we needed to be training more doctors in Wales, and they were warning of a crisis in general practitioner recruitment. You dismissed those assertions at that time, yet since then we’ve seen over a dozen surgeries across Wales handing in their contracts, saying that they want to terminate contracts—usually because of recruitment problems. The most recent of which is in Colwyn Bay, my own constituency: the second in Colwyn Bay in just six months. This is a big concern to the thousands of people registered with the Rysseldene surgery in my constituency. It is in, at the moment, a purpose-built primary care centre, which it shares with another local surgery, and there are concerns that the withdrawal of the Rysseldene contract may actually put the viability of that new facility at risk.

Can I ask: why didn’t you listen to the BMA when they raised their concerns? Why didn’t you increase sufficiently the number of GP training posts in Wales? You’ve been responsible for the lack of GP training over the years in Wales. You’ve been at the helm—nobody else. You can’t blame the UK Government for this. So, what action are you taking to rescue the situation in my own constituency in Colwyn Bay? And furthermore, what action are you taking to make sure that Wales has sufficient numbers of GPs going forward?