Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 22 November 2022.
I'm afraid I don't have an answer to your last question about never events. I would ask you to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services in relation to that.
As I said in my opening answer to you, there is a global shortage of nursing staff; this isn't just unique to Wales or the UK. We are working very hard to ensure that we have as many health service staff as possible across our health boards, and we have seen an increase, certainly, in the NHS workforce. It's now at record levels in some areas. The full-time equivalent of all-staff figure is 88,638 right across Wales, which is 12 per cent higher than it was three years ago.