Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:37 pm on 13 December 2017.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 2:37, 13 December 2017

If I may, in providing a response, I'll look not just at specialist nurses, but more broadly at how we help people to manage their condition, to understand not just at the nursing end but a range of other issues like, for example, diet support we do give to people. It's a relatively common condition actually and a number of people suffer at various points in their life, including staff within our health service who will be managing it. You're right: lots of people don't want to talk about it, as they feel stigmatised and embarrassed about the condition. So, it is something that I recognise as an issue for our service and how we appropriately meet the needs of people who do have the condition. So, I'll be more than happy to come back to you on the whole service, where we are and what our expectations and aspirations are for the future.