Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:49 pm on 19 September 2018.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 2:49, 19 September 2018

As I said in my first answer, I have announced additional funding to support particular social prescribing projects organised by a range of people in the voluntary sector in particular. Part of the challenge about social prescribing is often—these are low-cost or no-cost activities in any event—about encouraging people to make use of them. You may also wish to look at the national exercise referral scheme, which is a scheme that has run for a number of years. A number of Members will be familiar with it in this Chamber, and it has excellent results in terms of helping to improve people's physical and mental health. But, of course, we'll always review the amount of funding available to try and deliver on the objectives that we wish to deliver for the people of Wales. We will continue to do so, of course, in the face of continuing austerity.