:00:00. > :00:00.That's Newsnight with Kirstie coming up.
:00:00. > :00:09.A 16% increase in junior doctors choosing Wales to train as GPs.
:00:10. > :00:15.But will it ease the shortages and surgery closures?
:00:16. > :00:17.And these boys have plenty of ambition, so why are there
:00:18. > :00:40.still fewer opportunities for people with disabilities?
:00:41. > :00:43.There's been a 16% increase in the number of junior doctors
:00:44. > :00:47.It follows a decision by the Welsh Government to offer
:00:48. > :00:50.cash incentives to encourage junior doctors to train in areas
:00:51. > :00:55.Our health correspondent Owain Clarke reports.
:00:56. > :00:58.In the north, the west, in valley communities and beyond,
:00:59. > :01:01.a common complaint has been heard in recent years.
:01:02. > :01:04.Some surgeries have closed, others have been taken over
:01:05. > :01:06.because family doctors are quitting or retiring, and there's nobody
:01:07. > :01:14.The aim of this campaign launched in the autumn
:01:15. > :01:17.was to try to plug some of those gaps, to sell Wales
:01:18. > :01:19.to doctors who might never have considered coming.
:01:20. > :01:25.The Welsh Government was also offering hard cash,
:01:26. > :01:31.including ?20,000 to train to be GPs in areas of significant shortages.
:01:32. > :01:34.And, according to the Health Secretary, it's working.
:01:35. > :01:38.The new figures show it has been a successful campaign,
:01:39. > :01:42.highlighting the profile of Wales and a career here
:01:43. > :01:46.The specific financial incentives are having a real impact too,
:01:47. > :01:49.both in areas where it has been difficult to recruit but also exam
:01:50. > :01:53.If they want to become GPs, junior doctors can apply
:01:54. > :01:56.The Welsh NHS has 136 training places available.
:01:57. > :01:58.Last year, after the first of three application rounds,
:01:59. > :02:09.But this year, at the same stage, 114 of the 136 are full,
:02:10. > :02:11.with no vacancies left in Pembrokeshire, North West Wales
:02:12. > :02:19.Last year, at the end of the process there were 29
:02:20. > :02:24.This year, the Welsh Government hopes it might be zero.
:02:25. > :02:27.I think it is an improving picture but of course there are significant
:02:28. > :02:30.concerns with the issue of GPs facing retirement, with also GPs
:02:31. > :02:33.coming through the profession that are getting fed up and leaving.
:02:34. > :02:36.It isn't something that can be just, we can sit back and say,
:02:37. > :02:38."Well, that is it, we have tackled the problem."
:02:39. > :02:46.With the day-to-day job getting ever more stressful, GP leaders insist
:02:47. > :02:51.the Welsh Government should also do more to keep hold of current staff.
:02:52. > :02:55.Tracey left Hampshire to become a GP in Mid Wales.
:02:56. > :02:56.An avid bird watcher, being close to these,
:02:57. > :03:01.the Dyfi Valley ospreys, was the biggest draw.
:03:02. > :03:06.I'm not working in a chaotic, over-busy environment.
:03:07. > :03:11.I feel better in myself that I can deal with things appropriately
:03:12. > :03:13.and then I can whizz off to the osprey centre
:03:14. > :03:22.Local GP surgeries are, after all, the front-line of the NHS,
:03:23. > :03:25.with staff in Wales dealing with around 20 million cases a year.
:03:26. > :03:28.But with demand set to go up even further, meeting it
:03:29. > :03:35.Detectives investigating the death of a 27-year-old man in Bangor have
:03:36. > :03:42.Henry Ayabowei was found collapsed outside a nightclub on Saturday.
:03:43. > :03:44.26-year-old Kieran Roberts will appear before Llandudno
:03:45. > :03:52.It's been claimed that the sacked chair of Sport Wales was told
:03:53. > :03:54.by the Welsh Government he was entering a "toxic
:03:55. > :03:56.environment" before he started the job.
:03:57. > :04:00.The leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies,
:04:01. > :04:02.says the comments were made to the former chair, Paul Thomas,
:04:03. > :04:09.Mr Thomas was sacked by the Welsh Government last week.
:04:10. > :04:14.North Wales Police paid a phone bill of more than ?44,000 for a mobile
:04:15. > :04:21.The phone was given to help the offender re-integrate
:04:22. > :04:23.back into the community, but because it wasn't
:04:24. > :04:25.a "pay-as-you-go" he ran up the huge bill.
:04:26. > :04:32.North Wales Police says it's tightened up it's proceedures.
:04:33. > :04:34.Fewer jobs, fewer qualifications and less pay for disabled people.
:04:35. > :04:38.That's the picture in Wales, 20 years on from laws
:04:39. > :04:42.A new report describes a country that treats disabled people
:04:43. > :04:51.Setting up an exhibition, ready to launch their new charity book,
:04:52. > :04:54.there was no shortage of ambition for pupils of Pen-y-Bryn
:04:55. > :04:58.School this afternoon at Swansea's Waterfront Museum.
:04:59. > :05:04.I'm James, I'm 18 and I want to be a plumber, electrician or carpenter.
:05:05. > :05:08.I'm 15 and I want to be the next Doctor Who.
:05:09. > :05:16.And there's every hope the wannabe football coach,
:05:17. > :05:20.plumber and future Time Lord will fulfill their ambitions.
:05:21. > :05:23.There are many hurdles and barriers to overcome in the future,
:05:24. > :05:30.which we will strive to embrace and challenge head-on.
:05:31. > :05:32.Our pupils have certainly got specific skills that they can bring
:05:33. > :05:43.to employment and be valuable members of the wider community.
:05:44. > :05:45.For Sarah Beer, who has scoliosis, a spinal condition,
:05:46. > :05:47.and Sarah-Jane Waters, who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome,
:05:48. > :05:49.a chronic illness, the details of the commission's report,
:05:50. > :05:51.which highlights the inequality faced by disabled people,
:05:52. > :05:55.I think it is very frustrating and I think if we are not careful
:05:56. > :05:58.we could end up going back towards more Victorian kind
:05:59. > :06:00.of values when it comes to disability and how
:06:01. > :06:05.That is wrong, that is inherently wrong.
:06:06. > :06:07.We can contribute to society and we have as much to offer
:06:08. > :06:16.It is really sad that so many things have improved in the last 20 years
:06:17. > :06:23.since the DDA came in for employment and awareness but it is still...
:06:24. > :06:30.We are still going backwards when it comes to a lot
:06:31. > :06:36.The report is the most comprehensive analysis ever of what it's
:06:37. > :06:38.like to be a disabled person in Wales and it doesn't paint
:06:39. > :06:43.Not only does it show that disabled people here are less likely to have
:06:44. > :06:46.qualifications and a job, but that in some aspects of life
:06:47. > :06:52.For example, the proportion of disabled adults in work
:06:53. > :06:54.here stands at just over 40%, compared to nearly 80%
:06:55. > :07:06.And there's differences in the amount of money earned too.
:07:07. > :07:08.Disabled people have seen their wages fall by 9%
:07:09. > :07:10.but there wasn't any change for non-disabled workers.
:07:11. > :07:13.The Welsh Government recognises these are long term issues which it
:07:14. > :07:20.It also says it's working with disabled people to review
:07:21. > :07:22.the framework with the aim of publishing a refreshed action
:07:23. > :07:27.Back in Swansea, while the pupils take a break from learning
:07:28. > :07:34.about the past, change is needed to secure a brighter future.
:07:35. > :07:36.Football, and just the one result to bring you tonight.
:07:37. > :07:39.Cardiff City picking up a point on the road.
:07:40. > :07:40.Their match with Barnsley finished goalless.
:07:41. > :07:42.It means they stay 13th in the Championship, one point
:07:43. > :07:51.Let's see what the weather has in store.
:07:52. > :08:06.I think we have seen the last of the rain for a while. March was the
:08:07. > :08:13.latest in Wales since 2008 but the next few days are largely dry and
:08:14. > :08:21.settled. -- wettest. Tonight, the sky is fairly clear with a few
:08:22. > :08:27.clouds in the North. A touch of ground frost in sports. Tomorrow, a
:08:28. > :08:30.fresh start, but bright for most of us the cloud will increase during
:08:31. > :08:36.the morning, the odd spot of light or drizzle in the North. The rest of
:08:37. > :08:40.the UK, sunny spells in southern England tomorrow, sunny in the best
:08:41. > :08:46.country in the afternoon, elsewhere a lot more cloud, most places dry,
:08:47. > :08:55.some spots of light rain and drizzle in the Northwest. Generally dry in
:08:56. > :08:58.Wales tomorrow afternoon. Fairly cloudy but bright in places. Some
:08:59. > :09:09.sunshine in the south and south-east. A light to moderate
:09:10. > :09:14.breeze. Thursday, maybe the odd shower in the north and West,
:09:15. > :09:21.otherwise eight dry story. Some gaps in the cloud allowing sunshine
:09:22. > :09:25.through. Friday, generally dry again and hopefully the cloud will break
:09:26. > :09:31.up more readily with a bit more sunshine so feeling a bit warmer.
:09:32. > :09:36.High-pressure on Saturday begins to drift away into the continent. It
:09:37. > :09:41.looks promising for the weekend. Saturday, the sunniest and warmest.
:09:42. > :09:45.Sunday is cloudy but staying mostly dry. A lot of dry weather over the
:09:46. > :09:47.next few days. Week In Week Out next tonight
:09:48. > :09:52.investigates children in care. From all of us on the
:09:53. > :09:56.programme, goodnight.