I'd also like to update Members on how we're working on the unique challenge that rurality creates for our dental services. One issue is the workforce. Sometimes, it's difficult to recruit people into rural areas, and we know that people are more likely to settle where they complete their training. Using the ‘Train. Work. Live.’ dental campaign this year, which is launching next week, HEIW have put together an enhanced offer that aims to encourage future dental trainees to complete their foundation year in dental practices in rural Wales rather than towns and cities. Dentists who accept this offer will receive a £5,000 salary uplift. They will also receive additional academic and well-being support for the duration of the programme. This will help to increase access to NHS care for local people in rural Wales.

Finally, in terms of children, I am committed to ensuring that they can access dental services, particularly in those areas where it's more difficult to access a dental appointment. We have the Designed to Smile scheme for children up to seven years of age, and we know that this has had a very positive effect since its inception 13 years ago. This programme normalises the habit of tooth brushing and provides direct fluoride application for children.

But the age group of children I really want to focus on next is secondary school age, because this is the formative age when children start to make more independent choices around what they eat and drink. During the spring, we will be trialling the use of a mobile dental unit on the site of Ysgol Y Moelwyn in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Over a number of weeks, all children at the school will have an opportunity to see a dentist and receive any treatment they may need to take care of their oral health. I think this is a really exciting development, and if it is successful, it could be a cost-effective way of delivering dental care directly into schools in our most deprived areas. It would also reduce demand on general dental services and community dental services. But, more importantly, it would provide much-needed care and treatment without impacting on children's schoolwork or requiring parents to take time off work.

In closing, and to reassure Members that dentistry is one of my top priorities, I want to develop an NHS dental service that is fair for dentists and that meets the needs of the population, one that is based on preventative principles, and provides everybody with an opportunity to take responsibility for their own oral health. Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd.