Thank you very much. It’s encouraging news that 186 training places for GPs have been filled this year, which is an increase on the 136 available in 2017, which happens to be the same figure exactly as the one in 2010. It’s vital that this momentum is maintained and accelerated, as we heard from Helen Mary, in order to develop the vital workforce for the future, so that we can provide better access to services to patients. It’s important that this increase happens in different parts of Wales, and we need to plan in detail, with 23 per cent of GPs likely to retire in five years' time.

Members will be aware of the difficulties arising in my constituency, as GPs retire and a surgeries fail to attract new GPs, particularly those who can provide services through the medium of Welsh.

And some of you will also remember that I have been arguing the case for having a medical school in north Wales, at Bangor University. And after a great deal of persuasion and discussion here, the Government yielded, and by now, the first cohort of medical students are studying medicine in Bangor and the work continues there.

The Minister was loath to introduce this at the beginning, but he did see that the argument that we put forth was a very sound one, namely that there is evidence from all part of the world that shows that medical students remain close to the place where they are trained. And I am of the belief that some of this first cohort in Bangor today will start to plug some of the gaps in our surgeries and our hospitals, thus improving patient care across north Wales. But we need more training places, including those in Bangor, and I'm sure that a full medical school will come to Bangor soon.