Pathways of Care

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 14 February 2023.

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Photo of Buffy Williams Buffy Williams Labour 2:10, 14 February 2023

Thank you, Minister. Nurses in Rhondda are contacting me almost daily at the end of their tether. Demand over the winter months for ambulances and accident and emergency has been nothing like they've experienced before. They know that, in order to get sick patients through the door, patients ready to leave the hospital need to do so as soon and as safely as possible. Their colleagues in social care play a vital role in ensuring this, but we simply need more of them. Building on the commitment to provide social care workers the real living wage, what work is Welsh Government doing to encourage young people and to retrain older people into social care roles? And what discussion has the Welsh Government had with colleges like Coleg y Cymoedd in my constituency regarding enrolment numbers and the appeal of care courses?