5. Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services: The Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report 2016-17

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:34 pm on 6 February 2018.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 4:34, 6 February 2018

I'll happily deal with that last point first. I welcome the fact that there's a recognition of the importance of the seasonal flu campaign, and part of the strength of that is that it is genuinely seen as cross-party. There are plenty of things that we argue about in this place between parties; this isn't one of them. We want to have more members of the public in at-risk groups taking up the opportunity to have the flu jab on the NHS, but also to think about those workers working with people who are by definition vulnerable, and in health and social care in particular. It's one of the things that I've concentrated on. Rebecca Evans, in her then role as Minister for public health, had a particular focus at the start of this flu season on trying to make sure that more public service workers who should have the flu jab actually take it up.