The Health and Social Services Portfolio

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 6 March 2019.

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Photo of Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Conservative 1:30, 6 March 2019

Thank you, Minister. In yesterday's statement, I asked you about the way that the future generations legislation was being incorporated into the budget. Another area of concern that's been under some criticism from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales is that of moving the focus of healthcare towards the preventative agenda, which hasn't always happened in the past, and which we clearly need to do in the future, with restricted resources. So, can you tell us, with the supplementary budget and, indeed, last year's main budget, what discussions have been held in terms of extending that preventative agenda so that we can put the health service in Wales on a more sustainable footing in the future, because we know costs are only going to increase?