Diolch, Llywydd. Testing in care homes in Wales came too late for too many, and its effectiveness as a tool in the toolbox requires care homes to be operating on a sustainably resourced basis. Speaking in the virtual Welsh Parliament on 3 June, I referred to a nursing home who'd written stating that five residents had suffered COVID-19-related deaths, and that Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board had so far contributed not a single penny towards the COVID-19 crisis. The problem was identified in the subsequent Care Forum Wales cheapskate awards that half of the bottom 10 local authorities in Wales for paying care home fees amongst the coronavirus crisis are in north Wales, with Flintshire the worst of these.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said on 15 June in correspondence that the health board is working closely with Care Forum Wales and other health boards across Wales to work with Welsh Government in securing a financial support plan for nursing care and care homes across Wales. But Care Forum Wales e-mailed me a week ago last Wednesday saying, 'Still no announcement, to our ever-increasing frustration.' When are you going to get this sorted, because the care homes are telling me they need this desperately?