Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 8 January 2020.
I thank Mike Hedges for raising that particular, important issue and for his constant support for Designed to Smile. I remember in the finance scrutiny session just recently, he was able to cite that as one of the excellent examples of really, truly preventative spend that we do have in Wales. I think it's only right that we seek to focus our efforts to improve the dental and oral health of older people who are living in care homes, so I'm delighted that the Minister for Health and Social Services announced an additional £0.25 million to extend that Gwên am Byth—A Lasting Smile oral health programme into the next year, and we're doubling the available funding for that now to ensure that it's rolled out to every single care home in Wales during 2020.