Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:52 pm on 29 September 2021.
Thank you, Minister. It was glaringly apparent from our debate last week and from the fact that our post boxes are full of worrying constituents' cases about this that there is a dire need to do something very quickly about this situation. But what I want to ask you today, Minister, is specifically about GPs and supporting face-to-face appointments, as opposed to the online ones, because if we tackle that, then that will obviously help the ambulance service by bringing down the numbers presenting at A&E, as what is becoming apparent more and more from the cases I'm receiving is that symptoms are being missed, and those people are then presenting themselves to A&E and contributing to the A&Es being clogged up and the adverse effect that that's having.
So, Minister, how are we collating the data centrally? Because, from what I'm aware of, there's no central collection of data on this, and it seems to be really important that we do collect that data in order to make the informed decisions on a Wales-wide basis on this, because those people do need to see doctors face to face now, because things are being missed. But we have to contact the surgeries to get that information, wherever we go. We need that data centrally collected. So, what are you doing about that, Minister, please? Thank you.