The Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has commenced work to develop a long-term integrated healthcare strategy. This will include further consideration of how the recommendations of the south Wales programme are to be taken forward. The proposals will be underpinned and informed by stakeholder engagement.

As a result of Welsh Government action, working with our partners, including Health Education and Improvement Wales, this year we have been able to increase the number of GP training places in Wales from 136 to 160. This will benefit all communities in Wales.

I expect all patients to be seen and treated in a timely manner and within our targets. I have made available £50 million to health boards to build on recent progress and improve waiting times further by March 2020. Swansea Bay UHB has received a share of this funding.

Our dementia action plan, supported by an extra £10 million a year funding, sets out our vision for Wales to be a dementia friendly nation that recognises the rights of people with dementia to feel valued and to live as independently as possible.