Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:50 pm on 29 September 2021.
Thanks very much, Altaf, for that question. Obviously, I'm always very aware, when I respond to you, that I'm speaking to an expert, so I always have to be, probably, more careful with you than anybody else in this Chamber. [Laughter.]
I think it's absolutely right that we have to keep an eye on the numbers of nurses. And, of course, we do in Wales have legislation around that, and that is a unique piece of legislation that has not been enacted across the rest of the United Kingdom, where nursing staff levels are a legal requirement. And I was pleased to be able to speak to the Royal College of Nursing this morning about that situation and the implementation of that. So, we are in a different place from other parts of the UK in terms of nursing. I think there are other things that we can do in relation to stroke in Wales—promoting atrial fibrillation within primary care is something else that I'm very keen to see if we can pursue.