Thank you for that question and thank you for your good wishes. Likewise, I'm very keen to work across parties to improve the mental health of everyone in Wales. 

I do take issue with what you've said about us facing a mental health epidemic. I think we need to be very careful about the language that we use and that that kind of language can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. The evidence was that earlier on this year, referrals rose dramatically, but they are stabilising again. But that doesn't mean that we are in any way complacent about the challenges we will face as a result, especially, of the pandemic, and that's something that I'm focusing on all the time.

My overriding priorities are to ensure that people receive access to timely, appropriate support at the same time as delivering on the reforms that we as a Government are committed to in terms of having a more preventative, early intervention approach to mental health, which will prevent those problems from escalating to the kinds of levels we see occasionally.