North Wales Medical School

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 3:04 pm on 15 June 2022.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 3:04, 15 June 2022

(Translated)

Thank you very much for that update, and I look forward to seeing the medical school receiving a brand new centre in the middle of the city of Bangor in due course, which will be able to contribute to the regeneration of the high street in the city.

Your Government's strategy, 'More than just words', emphasises that having care in your first language is vital to the quality of that care. This is true for monolingual Welsh-speaking young children who haven't yet acquired English, and it's also true for adults who have lost the use of their second language. So, can you therefore explain to me how the Bangor medical school will contribute to this work of producing bilingual doctors? Will you outline your expectations in terms of recruiting bilingual students to be trained in the north Wales medical school? And what targets, what quotas, will be required and will have to be introduced by the two universities that are a part of this project?