6. Debate: The Substance Misuse Annual Report

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:36 pm on 12 February 2019.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 4:36, 12 February 2019

We've had regular conversations with Brynawel House and with the commissioners of services, to highlight the range of services that are already available, not just in alcohol and drug rehabilitation, but also in the developing area of alcohol-related brain damage. So, there is a continuing conversation for us to have. I do not wish Brynawel to cease to exist. I think it is a useful facility. We need to make sure that its services align with not just our strategy. but that the commissioners actually commission the care that it provides. And all of that care, the services that we continue to fund, will continue to have harm reduction at their core. The additional funding that I have indicated will help to support that work.

In this complicated area, we do need to work closely together. I look forward to working with Members across the spectrum, despite our differing views on a range of subjects, but generally to make sure that we continue to have a positive direction of travel here in Wales to help people in need with appropriate support wherever we can.