Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:38 pm on 13 December 2017.
Diolch, Llywydd.
Cabinet Secretary, despite just over 3 million people living in Wales, our accident and emergency departments were visited more than 1 million times in the past 12 months. There has been an increase of around two thirds in the numbers of people waiting more than four hours in A&E, and the media have reported that one senior doctor saw examples of people waiting for 80 hours. Difficulties accessing primary care services is often the reason for A&E attendance. Cabinet Secretary, what is your Government doing to improve access to out-of-hours GPs and what consideration have you given to using digital technology to improve access to primary care?