‘Taking Wales Forward’ contains a range of actions to improve both the health and wellbeing of older people. The actions focus preventative measures; early intervention; timely access to services and continuing to drive effective partnership working between health and social care to deliver improved care and support for older people.

I am very encouraged by the early results of action to implement the Housing (Wales) Act 2014. Statistics show homelessness was successfully prevented last year for 65 per cent of households threatened with homelessness owed our new prevention duty. We are supporting local authorities to build further on this very positive start.

We continue to support partnership working between the charity and the Welsh NHS that has seen the successful introduction of the world leading Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service Cymru.

We are proud of our rich industrial heritage in Wales. The new Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 supports the sustainable management of our nation’s heritage including the 1,000 industrial structures in Wales which have statutory protection.

The new treatment fund will enable the people of Wales to have equitable access to approved new medicines. The Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport will make a statement on the new treatment fund next month, which will improve the availability of new medicines.

Ministers are actively investigating ways in which we might support the project and will keep Members updated.