24 January 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: A burning issue: Tackling oesophageal and stomach cancer in Wales
… seen in the time it takes for a referral to secondary care to be made, which can range from one day to 18 months. As with all cancers, every day of waiting is a day lost and …
5 December 2022 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
… has been raised number of times in the Chamber. I myself put forward a Member's legislative proposal on this issue. So, I would agree with what Rhys has recommended, that we wait for the Local Government and …
12 February 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Inquiry into child sexual exploitation
… where there are services, waiting lists are long. They say co-operative commissioning between local authorities and the health service is needed, nationally mandated by the Welsh Government now, as services will take time to develop. The implementation …
15 October 2025 , Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on Transport for Wales’ performance 2024-25'
… freedom of information requests with Transport for Wales in relation to spare drivers and driving patterns. For the time period requested, TfW, by their own figures, had 89 drivers and 70 conductors more than is needed to run … not allocated to a route that day. In fact, they just sit in the office and they wait for a call. More often than not, that call does not come. They're on standby in a depot …
23 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report: The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers
… like to use this time to urge the Minister in every possible way to please take these recommendations seriously, because there's been an immeasurable impact on the communities who are waiting for implementation of policy. I would …
25 October 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… looking to Wales each time to see what can be delivered at a Westminster level. That was an interesting comment that you made, First Minister, there. What about two-year waits ? In particular, here in Wales we have …
19 October 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Cardiff University and Public Health Wales
… proportion of them work part time , how many sessions are done in NHS, how many sessions are private. So, it's quite complex. But, having said that, I think we can't wait for all that big, long …
15 May 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Bus Operators
… perfect time here. I think that the mobilisation period itself looks about right, providing all of the detail and clarity is there at the starting point. What we can't do is wait until we're halfway through …
30 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: White Paper for a proposed Bill on environmental principles, environmental governance and biodiversity targets
… important moment, but there is no momentum behind a moment unless action follows. So, now is the time for that action, and I welcome that. There is a great deal to welcome regarding the content of the White … important, and establishing independent environmental governance arrangements will, again, be another significant moment. Of course, we've been waiting too long for this—the climate change committee has looked at this already—and we will need to ensure …
25 October 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
… stranded in Llanwrtyd to wait for around two and a half hours, and no bus replacement buses available to them to take them home. I accept that the Minister has admitted several times in this Chamber that there …
30 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Improving Leadership and Performance at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
… leadership, governance, performance and patient safety. The key question today is simple: what will be different this time ? The Minister is right to say that front-line staff are not to blame. Doctors, nurses and the wider workforce … emergency department patients at Betsi were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, and 17.1 per cent waited more than 12 hours. On planned care, 18.6 per cent of pathways were waiting more than a year. Diagnostics were …
29 June 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
… you very much for your time . I'm very much hoping that I will be appointed. I'm very enthusiastic about it, as hopefully you can tell by my answers, and I wait to hear whether …
25 May 2022 , Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1249: Provide a clinical pathway, medical care, and specialists for people with Tourette’s syndrome in Wales
… stab himself.' At the time , her son was seven, and the school immediately referred to child and adolescent mental health services, but they were told there would be a very long wait . Presiding Officer, her son suffers with …
1 October 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… the same time last year. So, we are already seeing not just seasonal improvement, but year-on-year improvement, but there is still a task ahead of us. There are still too many people waiting to go home …
13 January 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The King's Fund
… per cent. So, that 1.8 times per cent is the difference between the most deprived and the least deprived 20 per cent. So, the most deprived 7 per cent of people were waiting over a year, compared …
10 July 2025 , Health and Social Care Committee
Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales: Evidence session with GPs, Practice Managers and allied health professionals.
… media and waiting rooms, and making videos with GPs—the GPs the patients know—saying to them, 'You can see a pharmacist for this, you can see an ANP for this', and gradually over time we've shifted …
23 June 2025 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
… time within that, and that's what some of the discussions that we've had with the sector more widely as to how we can implement this have been really important. Just to say, we're not waiting … doing it in a properly balanced way in that phased approach, so that we have got the time to do this and to take those authorities with …
20 June 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… Welsh Government is still waiting for the business case from the local authority. But I know that the Minister for Climate Change's officials are working with the council at the current time …
16 May 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
… have to wait and see. Of course, the Chartists talked about annual elections, and I'm not quite sure we would want to go down that particular road at the time . I think the other point …
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
… but it will take time for that new culture to permeate down through the whole health board. The Minister yesterday referred to some day-to-day improvements, that the number of patients waiting over three years for treatment …