Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:46 pm on 7 May 2019.
The pharmacist is also vital to treat the kind of minor ailments that we used to see as GPs, but now that we see the complex cases in older people—. All I see now, and that’s fair enough, is those very ill people who need to see a GP only. Of course, there’s more demand on others to step in as full members of the primary care teams, as I've mentioned: the pharmacist, the optician, the dentist, and, of course, the community physiotherapist—we want to see more of them—the speech and language therapists in the community—we want to see more of them—and occupational therapists in the community—we want to see many more of them. It is a significant challenge to train more of these very valuable staff that we need to keep the team going in the community.