Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:24 pm on 24 January 2023.
Thanks very much. It's great to hear that that facility in Wrexham is up and running, and that they're training those people in Llandrillo as well. As I mentioned earlier, I think support workers are going to be absolutely key, and once you get them on the path, then maybe they'll want to upgrade and whatever, but let's get them into that space first. So, I think that's very exciting.
The whole point of this programme is that it shouldn't be linked to a hospital or a medical school or whatever. This is about support in the community, in whichever community it is. This is about getting that support out of the hospitals, making sure that we understand that people, generally, don't want to go to hospital—they want to be supported in their communities. That's what we're trying to do with this.
In terms of promoting jobs, yes, I think that's fair. We need to work together to try and promote these jobs, and also with the economy Minister, just to make sure people know what's out there. It's amazing how few people know what jobs are available, so there is a job of work to do. Although HEIW have got a really great portal on this, where you can go in and it's a kind of 3D version—you can go in and kind of get experience of what it's like to do different jobs in the NHS. I'd encourage you to go and have a look at that.