Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:43 pm on 17 October 2018.
I think the Plaid Cymru spokesman should be careful in the manner in which he sets out his views. It almost sounds as if he's inviting the Government to cut the health budget. I think, actually, what we need to do is we need to deliver on our joint plan for improvement across health and social care. It has taken a significant—[Interruption.] It has taken a significant amount of work to get to having a joint plan with buy-in from health, local government, the third sector and housing. There will always be a need to look at financial efficiency and discipline within the service. If you look at that, then, actually, there has been real improvement over the last three years, and much more to do. The health service will never be completely perfect—there will always be room for error and improvement, as well as significant achievement. I am content with the fact that we understand there are real challenges, and we're not complacent about actually managing and meeting those.