Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:11 pm on 18 October 2022.
I'd like to thank my colleague Hefin David for raising this question. I took everything you said on board, First Minister, in your response to him just now. The doctors and dentists remuneration board, an independent body set up to advise Governments on the pay of doctors and dentists, reported in July this year and advised that salaried GPs should receive a 4.5 per cent increase to their pay, backdated to April 2022. A large number of the GPs who provide out-of-hours care for patients in Wales are salaried GPs, as opposed to GP partners. I'm hearing reports from the British Medical Association Cymru Wales that some salaried GPs in Aneurin Bevan—and, in fact, all across Welsh health boards—are still yet to receive their fully backdated pay uplift. So, First Minister, as we are now three months on from the DDRB's report, can you confirm that all salaried GPs working in Aneurin Bevan—and, in fact, across all Welsh health boards—have now received their full pay uplift and that it has been backdated to April? Thank you.