1. Will the Leader of the House provide an update on the Travelling To Better Health guidance in relation to Gypsies and Travellers? OAQ51433

Health boards are expected to consider and monitor the health and well-being of specific vulnerable groups as part of the NHS delivery framework. 'Travelling to Better Health' provides guidance to assist health boards when planning and delivering services for Gypsy and Traveller communities.

I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that response. I know that the Welsh Government has worked hard to produce these guidelines. However, when I visited Pembrokeshire last week with the cross-party group, a great deal of concern was expressed by the Gypsies and Travellers who attended the meeting about health provision and, in particular, getting access to general practitioners, and the loss, actually, of a dedicated health visitor who used to be employed by the Unity Project, to visit sites specifically. So, it was a general concern about health, so I wondered how far these guidelines were actually effective.

I was aware that the Unity into the Community project had been a fantastic resource for the community there, and it's very disappointing that it was not able to attract the funding it needed to continue. Nevertheless, we do expect Hywel Dda health board to be working with partners through the primary care clusters to understand the local health needs of all of those communities and to ensure equality of access and outcomes. 'Travelling to Better Health' makes it clear that restricting access to GPs or other health services is not acceptable and provides guidance about how to improve the GP registration for Gypsies and Travellers. The NHS Centre for Equality and Human Rights has developed a specific e-learning package relating to the health needs of Gypsies and Travellers, which will be rolled out for all healthcare practitioners by March 2018, and I will be working with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services to consider any further action required to ensure the principles of equality of access and health outcomes included in 'Travelling to Better Health' are being progressed and will make sure that the Member is updated and, if she wants to be, involved in making sure that those outcomes are effective.

Mark Isherwood.

Diolch Llywydd. A pregnant pause; I was a little bit worried there, but thank you very much indeed. 

I've been contacted by the Travelling Ahead service, which is supporting the residents association of the Back Bangor Lane Gypsy and Traveller site in Conwy, expressing concern that residents are experiencing physical and psychological ill effects from the level of noise from the adjacent A55. I understand that, although technical reports have identified that resurfacing of the A55 would help relieve this, the Welsh Government has responded only that this section of road will be considered for maintenance as part of the annual prioritisation programme for work. Are you able through your responsibilities and your brief to have a look at this regarding the general desperation that the community is feeling and the impact that this is having on their health and, they believe, on their rights also?

Yes, indeed, I've had a number of communications from the community there and, indeed, from a number of other interested parties. I will be arranging to go up and visit the site as soon as I possibly can and to talk to the council about what they can do to alleviate the situation, which is clearly a difficult one all round. I'm happy to make the Member aware as soon as I've made those arrangements.

Question 2 [OAQ51432] was withdrawn. 

Question 3—Darren Millar.