Eluned Morgan says the public must play a part to help cut 'unprecedented demand'.
First Minister Mark Drakeford discusses efforts to avoid a strike by NHS staff
She citied the NHS Wales 111 services that has been rolled out across the country, the establishment of urgent primary care centres which has diverted about 5,000 people away from A&E and 100 new ambulance workers that were in the process of starting."We have very high levels of ill health in Wales and people can help themselves, do more exercise, stop smoking, eat healthier.
Jackie Davies, an elected trade member for the RCN, said the Welsh government was "fobbing us off" by not giving nurses a "meaningful pay rise", but that strike action was not just about pay, but "the quality of care for patients".
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