Written question WQ97134
- Asked by
- Mabon ap GwynforPlaid
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
Will the Cabinet Secretary provide a breakdown of how the £120 million of funding announced on 19 June 2025 to tackle NHS waiting lists is being spent?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The £120m additional investment has been split across the following phases:
1. Quarter one plan: maintain and improve the reduction in over two-year waits from the March 2025 position (from April 2025 to end of June 2025)
£20m
2. National cataract procurement plan:
To deliver 20,700 additional treatments above agreed health board core activity (from July 2025 to end of March 2026
£29m
3. National outpatient procurement plan:
To deliver an additional 210,000 outpatient appointments (from July 2025 to end of March 2026)
£34m
4. Diagnostic recovery plan:
To clear all over eight-week diagnostic waits, including the diagnostic tests triggered by additional outpatient activity in phase three of the plan (from July 2025 to end of March 2026)
£17m
5. 104 -week treatment plan (from July 2025 to end of March 2026)
£20m
Total
£120m