Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:47 pm on 1 December 2021.
Well, thanks very much, Russell. I am confident that all the stops are being pulled out, as we speak; that the NHS health boards are developing, and, today, are supposed to come back to us with what their proposals are to massively increase the booster roll-out in Wales. We're not just asking that of health boards; we know that we're getting offers of support from local government, from the fire brigade, and we may be looking to the army for more support as well. So, all of those things are being put in place. We know that there's no problem with supply, but we will be calling for a volunteer army as well, in particular those people who stepped up the first time and who won't need to be retrained. It is a short period of time that we're asking people to step up here. If we can get this done very quickly, before any possible omicron wave hits us, that would be very helpful.