Primary Care Services in South-east Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:43 pm on 15 June 2022.

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Photo of John Griffiths John Griffiths Labour 2:43, 15 June 2022

Minister, in the Severnside area of my constituency of Newport East, we've seen a great deal of growth in housing over recent years, in the Magor, Rogiet, Undy and Caldicot areas and around, but we haven't seen the sort of growth in primary care services that would reflect that increased population. And many people in those areas now feel that they're not sufficiently served by GPs and primary care generally, and they would like to see an increase in that capacity. So, Minister, could you tell me how you're working with health boards and surgeries to respond to those situations, where we have these growing populations, and concerns that primary care capacity is not keeping pace with those developments?