3. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:46 pm on 26 May 2021.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 2:46, 26 May 2021

Thank you, Darren Millar, for your kind words and I look forward to working with you on the Business Committee. You raised two very important points, and I know that it's been a particularly difficult and worrying time for parents and families of babies who've required neonatal care. Obviously, health boards do have flexibility within the current guidelines around visiting and I'm sure that each health board will look, as you say, when the situation improves, to when they can expand the visiting times in those areas.

In relation to your second question around access to general practitioners, we know that, predominantly, people are having consultations by telephone and other technological means. But I know that the new Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan, is currently working with GPs themselves and other stakeholders to see when that can be opened up. And again, there is some flexibility around that. I know of certain GP practices in my own constituency where those face-to-face visits are currently happening.