Health Inequalities

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services — Postponed from 8 November – in the Senedd at 2:51 pm on 15 November 2017.

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Photo of Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar Conservative 2:51, 15 November 2017

Cabinet Secretary, a year on, the chief medical officer issued a report on the persistent and growing gap in life expectancy between those living in our most and least deprived communities in south-east Wales. He also commented on research by Public Health Wales that said that investing in the prevention of adverse childhood experiences, such as exposure to alcoholism and drug use, can reduce the number of smokers and drug users in the future, providing long-term health and cost benefits. What plans does the Welsh Government have to address the problem of adverse childhood experiences to reduce health inequalities in Wales, please?