James Evans has asked the Welsh Government what it is doing to help allergy sufferers.

The Brecon and Radnorshire MS and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care said at the Senedd that recent cases have highlighted challenges faced by individuals with severe allergies.

They include families resorting to testing food on their children in hospital car parks due to a lack of specialist allergy services across Wales.

Mr Evans said: “According to Allergy UK, 61 per cent of individuals feel there is insufficient Government support for allergy sufferers.

“Data indicates a growing need for emergency treatments like adrenaline autoinjectors and better allergy care infrastructure.”

He asked First Minister, Eluned Morgan, what the Government is doing to expand specialist allergy services, to improve access to emergency treatment like EpiPens and to ensure that public facilities like schools and community facilities and venues are trained to handle severe allergic reactions.

Ms Morgan said the Government is well aware that allergy support across Wales varies a lot.

She told Mr Evans: “That’s why we’ve undertaken a scoping exercise to better understand where the gaps are in terms of provision.

“We’ve appointed Professor Chris Fegan to undertake this work, so that work is being undertaken as we speak.

“All schools are provided with guidance and trained to recognise the signs and symptoms that trigger in particular life-threatening medical conditions.

“They need to know what happens in an emergency, and they need to know how to administer an EpiPen. That is being done in our schools already.

“We have free school meals in primary schools, and there is a sensitivity around that as well, which needs to take into account the dietary needs of learners.”