The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust is working with Swansea Bay University Health Board to implement a range of actions to manage 999 demand in the community, increase capacity, improve responsiveness to people with time-sensitive complaints and improve ambulance patient handover.

We expect the highest standards of care to be provided in all our hospitals. Like the rest of the health service in Wales, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is working hard to provide quality care in the face of extreme demands. It is also responding positively to a recent Royal College of Physicians report.

Swansea Bay University Health board has delivered nearly 650,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in total and over 78,000 booster doses this autumn—24 per cent of those eligible. The board’s influenza vaccine uptake rates are similar to other health boards, with nearly 70 per cent of the over-65s being immunised to date.

We are working with partners via the HIV action plan task and finish group to remove barriers and improve access to testing, diagnosis and treatment. We are looking to provide more equitable access to pre-exposure prophylaxis—PrEP—across Wales and taking forward actions to tackle the stigma associated with HIV.