The Funding of Healthcare in North Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:55 pm on 6 February 2019.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 2:55, 6 February 2019

(Translated)

Well, if they have finished barracking across the Chamber, I will ask my question.

Nursing students at Bangor are concerned about a possible threat to their courses because of cuts at the university. At a time when we need far more nurses in north Wales to fill hundreds of vacancies, there are questions arising as to whether departments within the Government here are speaking to each other, because, without sufficient funding for universities for lecturers, there will be fewer nurses, and the reliance of the health service in north Wales on agency staff and locums, which are expensive, will intensify. So, isn't this an example of a lack of collaboration across Government, which, as a result, is making a difficult situation worse?