Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 3:01 pm on 13 December 2017.
Yes. I'm happy to give that commitment and I recognise this is an issue that isn't about a care preference, it's about a care need; the two are different and it's important to recognise the distinction. It's also about where the active offer takes place, so people don't need to say, 'I would like to be able to access healthcare through the medium of Welsh', but actually there is an active offer for people to do that, particularly with mental health services where there are a range of challenges you've got to get over to actually access a service and recognise the need to take part in that service as well. Your point about software as well—I actually have current work already ongoing looking at the opportunities for software, looking at what exists in both English and in Welsh, and trying to make sure we appropriately equip the health and care service to do so. So, I recognise the point and I'll happily update in the future about where we get to.FootnoteLink