Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:52 pm on 31 January 2018.
Thank you, once again. My final question relates to the fact that the BMJ research also discovered that one of the other things that would help in preventing deaths, in addition to further funding, is the presence of registered nurses in social care settings. That's what the research has demonstrated. Of course, as we discussed the Social Care and Well-being (Wales) Bill in the last Assembly, your Government voted against amendments that would have enabled local authorities to employ registered nurses in social care settings. Bu, there are other ways of resolving that problem. So, in accordance with the evidence, what plans do you, as a Government, have to increase the number of nurses in social care settings as part of any plan to mitigate the fatal effects of austerity coming from Westminster?