Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:58 pm on 5 October 2021.
Well, at the current time, Llywydd, 770 GPs are working in north Wales and eight posts are vacant. So, I just don't accept what the Member says. Over the entire year, 29 posts have been advertised in the north. The number of people training in this field in north Wales has increased over the years, and next year 42 people will come into the profession in north Wales, more than in any year in the past, to be trained as GPs north Wales. Of course there is more to do; we want to expand the primary care teams, physiotherapists, pharmacists, paramedics and so on, to do more in terms of helping people in north Wales to receive the care and the services that they want to see. But there are people working exceptionally hard now; they're working with us to prepare for those things that are going to assist people to do all of that in future in north Wales.