Primary Health Services

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 5 October 2021.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:02, 5 October 2021

I absolutely do that, Llywydd. I thank Ken Skates; it was at his invitation that I went both to Chirk, a little while ago now, but far more recently to the fantastic surgery in Llangollen, a twenty-first century surgery with all the facilities that you need to run a modern primary care service. It was hugely impressive, Llywydd, hearing directly from the staff there of the way in which they had organised their services during the coronavirus pandemic, the enormous number of vaccinations they were able to do in a single day because of the way that they'd organised the services for that local population, and to hear not just from GPs but, as Ken Skates has said, from the practice manager and others who provide that service. It is a brilliant example and hugely appreciated by that local population. I completely agree, as I'm sure Members right across the Chamber do, with what Ken Skates said: none of those people should be subject to abuse for doing the fantastic job that they have done on behalf of their local populations.