, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
… care, community care, out-patient demand, I've mentioned cancer already, and significant demand then for waiting lists, waiting times. Some of those issues have been supported through non-recurring funding, so that's been a positive and …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Update on the implementation of Additional Learning Needs reforms
… also waiting up to 18 months just to be diagnosed, which in itself is appalling, and in that waiting time they're not getting the support they need and schools don't have the funds they need … disadvantaged children and teachers struggling to teach them. Minister, what are you specifically doing to bring down those waiting times for children to get a diagnosis in Wales? As you know, that is one of the biggest problems …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
… this particular age group. The majority of paediatricians in Wales reported seeing children negatively impacted by longer waiting times for treatment, and that they felt frustrated that they don't have the appropriate level of capacity to meet … the largest average deterioration in their mental well-being as a result of the COVID pandemic, and yet waiting times for local primary mental health support services are disproportionately longer for Welsh children as compared to adults. Also …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… office is on Thursday, and you rightly at the outset of taking up the office highlighted bringing waiting times down as being of top priority for the Government and that all agencies of the Government would work … for elective surgery. Can you highlight to me at the end of that 50 days what type of waiting times we will see and what type of percentage of beds will be occupied by people who would …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Special measures at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board—One year on
… orthopaedic activity going on. This was despite the fact that Betsi had one of the longest orthopaedic waiting times in Wales. Now, I was both surprised and disappointed to find that the management team and the board were … team, the Welsh Government and the new board, we are now seeing far more activity on that site. Waiting times for orthopaedic pathways have improved across the health board. In November, the number of patients waiting over …
, Plenary
Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the government’s priorities and legislative programme
… are investing £1 billion to help the NHS recover from the pandemic and reduce the backlog. Reducing waiting times is a priority and a challenge. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the NHS, long waits have … per cent since March 2022. But we still have more work to do. Colleagues referred to cancer waiting times. While, in 2023, we saw a record number of new referrals for suspected cancer—more than 192,000—there …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists
… talk a lot in this Chamber about NHS waiting times, and how they're the worst of all the UK nations. I feel, however, that the waiting times are just the tip of the iceberg, and are actually …
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
North Wales
… But I think, obviously, one of the biggest challenges for the board is improving on the performance of waiting times in the emergency department and waiting times for treatment. What we’ve learnt from Cardiff is that you …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… have taken in England over the last 14 years. The targets that we’ve published in relation to waiting times are the targets that are in the public domain, against which we report on a monthly basis. The … sure is that we can, with a level of priority that this Government is attaching to reducing those waiting times, make better progress against the targets that we have already set. As the Member will have seen from …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… published by the health Minister, showing milestones over the period ahead as to how we will reduce those waiting times, and our map matches the ambitions that have been set for England as well. The NHS in all … the fantasy ideas that we see your party's politicians parading in London. How will it bring waiting times down in the NHS anywhere in the United Kingdom if your current Chancellor of the Exchequer has his way …
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
… June, I asked you for something very simple, namely measurable outcomes—has veteran homelessness fallen, have healthcare waiting times improved, are veterans finding employment more successfully, and are they accessing housing more quickly. Your response listed programmes, pathways …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Mental Health and Well-being
… open to having a conversation about. I do take it very seriously. In terms of waiting times, the NHS delivery executive performance and assurance team have performance trajectories from all health boards, and progress is being monitored through … services will be seen within four weeks, and all health boards have plans in place to reduce those waiting times even further. We continue to invest in a range of support to reduce the need for more specialist …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… take up the second offer scheme that a previous Labour Government brought forward in the early 2000s because waiting times were so bad then here in Wales. But you’re saying it’s a serious offer that was … And will it be limited to certain waits such as orthopaedic, or will it carry weight with all waiting times across the whole health service here in Wales …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
… that's another concern, really, isn't it? And how will the effects on access in terms of waiting times, travel and continuity of care be properly assessed …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
… perhaps, for cancer services. And their main concern, really, is a speedy service, making sure there are no waiting times—things like that. So, my question is about the role of the JCC in terms of commissioning services …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… constituents' experience of that, which is unacceptable. He will know the priority that this Government attaches to reducing waiting times. There are clear targets against which we expect health boards to perform, but the service is under incredible … answer to a question earlier, some level of variability across Wales in relation to some of the waiting times targets. I would like to see less variability, and I would like to see a situation where …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
… Our paediatric children's therapists were all redeployed, and that's had a major impact on paediatrics, on waiting times and children's waiting times. So, it's really hard for our therapists coming in and seeing the …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning
… action to close this unacceptable void in the data and publish clear comparisons of social housing allocations and waiting times for established local residents versus newly arrived people and how crucial allocation decisions are made …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care
Dirprwy Lywydd, surgical hubs are central to our plans to reduce waiting times and improve access to planned care. We have committed £25 million capital funding to support the development of elective care, surgical and diagnostic hubs across …
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thanks very much You'll be aware that, looking at the reduction of waiting times, this is actually my No. 1 priority. I spend a huge amount of time on this as well. I meet with my civil … this; I can probably name you the people on the waiting lists who have been there longest. So, waiting times is absolutely where my sights are fixed. The other thing is on Glan Clwyd. Of course, this comes …