4. Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services: The Long-term Plan for Health and Social Care in Wales

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:09 pm on 12 June 2018.

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Photo of John Griffiths John Griffiths Labour 4:09, 12 June 2018

Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. Cabinet Secretary, I want to add my voice, really, to those calling for more preventative steps in the future, to make sure that the strain on the national health service is eased and we cope better with the challenges of an aging population. So, I just wonder whether you could tell me what, in future strategy and policy, will better support the sorts of steps that are taking place in my area at the moment, where Newport Live, for example, as the leisure provider, is working very closely with Newport City Council, local sports clubs, community grass-roots organisations, the voluntary sector, as well as the health board and a range of others, to try and get a more active population. We have been meeting and taking steps for some time. And there are also initiatives around the park run, which helped celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the NHS last Saturday morning, at the park run, and, indeed, with Newport county, with County in the Community, linking the local schools and working in the community generally. There's quite a lot going on, Cabinet Secretary, and I just wonder how, as part of these future initiatives, Welsh Government will provide more encouragement and support for that very necessary work.