Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:58 pm on 1 December 2021.
Thank you very much. It is very important to underline the fact that cancer has always been prioritised and that it has always been an essential service, even at the outset of the pandemic. So, we've always prioritised that and have never taken that away from the plan. It's important for us to have clinical advice about what we will have to put in the back seat as we develop the vaccination programme over the coming weeks. That will have to be a clinical decision, and I will look forward to receiving advice on that.
In terms of seeing a GP, you will have seen today that we have made a statement that more funding will be going in to ensure that people can have better access to see their GPs. Some £12 million will be going towards that, including new systems, and so that they can recruit more people in order to make those decisions and ensure that people are led to the right service and the right person. The GP isn't always the right person on every occasion. So, that's something we're very eager to see, and we're very pleased that we've had agreement from the GMC.