Community Healthcare in North Wales

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 27 November 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 2:03, 27 November 2018

The Cabinet Secretary recently set out his winter preparedness statement, making sure that we are as resilient as it's possible to be as we approach the winter months. Integrated winter delivery plans have been received from each health board, and have been scrutinised carefully by officials, the NHS Wales delivery unit and the national programme for unscheduled care, and feedback has been provided to inform further enhancement of the plans ahead of the winter period. We're as confident, therefore, as we can be, that we are prepared for the winter ahead, but Members will all be aware of the stresses and strains that winter can bring on the NHS, and we could all be well-advised to make sure that our constituents receive the message that they should go to the appropriate healthcare provider, the community pharmacy, where that's appropriate, the GP, where that's appropriate, and not turn up at accident and emergency when they have other issues, so that we can ensure that we have as smooth a winter period as humanly possible.