Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:47 pm on 7 December 2021.
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Thank you very much for the very warm welcome and, with your indulgence, I will pass on my thanks to all Members from across this Chamber and beyond who've sent best wishes to me, in particular the personal note the First Minister wrote to me—it was greatly appreciated—along with other Ministers as well. We can give no quarter yield in this Chamber, but when we get outside this Chamber we are all human beings, and that support was greatly appreciated, to say the least. I went out of this Chamber in September 19.5 stone; I am now 17.5 stone. So, there's two stone less of Welsh beef in this Chamber today. [Laughter.]
But back to the business at hand, this is First Minister's questions. I'd like to ask you, First Minister, around primary health care and, in particular, last week's comments from the British Medical Association that said that something had to give with the booster roll-out in other services, and the health Minister agreed with the provision that most probably there would have to be a curtailment in those provisions, in doctors' surgeries in particular. Other Governments in the UK have made an announcement over the weekend. Are you in a position to announce what services might be temporarily withdrawn from community services, especially primary medical services, because obviously that ultimately could lead to greater demand on accident and emergency units across Wales?