Thank you, Llywydd. I am pleased to update Members on the delivery of unscheduled care services this winter. I'd like to begin by paying tribute to the hard work and dedication of thousands of our health and social care staff this winter. I've had the opportunity to see front-line staff across Wales delivering services for people whilst under pressure. I've talked previously about the planning process for this winter, which included leaders from local health boards providing assurance to the Welsh Government about their readiness. The local plans were agreed in partnership between health and local government. I've supported local organisations through an extra £39 million, provided earlier than before, based upon findings from our 2017-18 review and feedback from clinicians.

I'm pleased to report improvements have been made following this additional investment and lessons learnt from previous winters. I am confident that, without these, the winter we have experienced so far would have been much tougher on staff and had a negative impact on patient and staff experience. Emerging evidence tells us that the number of lost hours for patients waiting over an hour for ambulance handovers decreased by 30 per cent, comparing December 2018 to December 2017.