Health Inequalities in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:54 pm on 13 November 2018.

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Photo of Dawn Bowden Dawn Bowden Labour 1:54, 13 November 2018

Thank you for that answer, First Minister. In spite of the significant investment in health services in my constituency, we can see that there still remains an alarming health trend amongst the local population. You'll be aware that in 2016 the annual report of the Chief Medical Officer for Wales highlighted the social inequities that affect areas like Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. Now, clearly adequate funding of local health and care services in order to overcome these inequalities must remain as the core of the Welsh Government's work in the years ahead, but given that these inequalities stubbornly persist, what more can the Welsh Government do to ensure that income and social class do not continue to be barriers to good health?