Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 7:07 pm on 20 September 2017.
I thank the Cabinet Secretary for taking this intervention, and he makes a very valid point. This isn’t—and, in fact, I would want to make sure that the existing Pencoed Medical Centre was part of this conversation, but there are good examples with Rhondda Cynon Taf. The proposal they’re looking at in Mountain Ash at the moment is very much a partnership between the local authority, looking to identify sites, together with the health board, looking to identify could they do this as an all-singing, all-dancing, and teaching practice sort of thing. It’s that partnership model that we want, but the difficulty I have, and this is why I’m asking you today, is actually getting all those people to come together. And I do understand, I would say to the Cabinet Secretary, that Pencoed Medical Centre have had their fingers burnt once on this before. They’ve been led up this thing, and I think they might be slightly reluctant. So, any help you can give to actually facilitate sitting down with trusted people around the table to say, ‘Let’s discuss this. How do we resolve this?’—. Because I know that there is a will from partners, from the health board, and from the authority and others to do this; we just need all players at the table.