8 May 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
… out in their plan, if you like, for 2023-24. Some of that is evidenced in, perhaps, the waiting times performance having improved. I think we've seen a 22 per cent reduction in the longest waits … there is a capacity issue. So, I think from a public service perspective in the delivery of key waiting-time measures, we've seen some progress. That really needs to be sustained. And what we're clear about …
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with organisations representing people with different health conditions
… national eye care measures is that 95 per cent of HRF1 patients should be seen within the clinical waiting time —that target will be a individual to each patient. Health boards have to report back monthly on those … but we haven't seen the magnitude of that yet. So, that's the situation in terms of waiting times in Wales …
1 October 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
… recognise there's a difference, there's complete confusion then. There are different governance arrangements, different accountability, different waiting times . What does this mean for me? So, I think for those who do understand that there … don't understand what that means for them. If you have an English patient who's got to wait three months for treatment, but a Welsh resident who has to wait two years for an appointment, it creates …
3 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… apologise for the fact that we treat the most urgent cases first. We, of course, also count waiting times very differently from England. We count, as you will know, diagnostics and therapies, and they don't do that … more honest with the public. And I think it's probably worth emphasising as well that the average waiting time for treatment is 22 weeks. We're also, of course, living with a much older, sicker and poorer …
25 June 2025 , Health and Social Care Committee
Llais Cymru - General scrutiny session
And the fundamental one I missed as well that comes up all the time is waiting times —so that waiting for care and treatment, whether that be diagnosis, whether that be assessment, or whether that be the treatment …
6 October 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… Government's announcement last week regarding the additional £3.4 million for Powys health board to help to reduce waiting times ? This investment will make a difference to patients in Powys, where a large number depend on accessing healthcare …
18 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… now doubled to over 400 patients going through its doors. The second is a scheme to blitz cataract waiting times , which we know increased as a result of the essential reprioritisation of services during COVID. Now, this scheme … First Minister, would you agree with me that regional working by health boards is key to driving down waiting times …
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… the first in this Chamber to congratulate you on the efforts of the Welsh Government. But cancer waiting times have actually gotten worse—they've fallen from 59 per cent in April last year to 55 per cent … cancer will start treatment within two months, and provide an update on actions being taken to improve cancer waiting times , specifically for the cancers with the longest waits —gynaecological, head and neck and urology? But, ultimately, Minister, please …
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
… National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on eating disorders, and that includes meeting the four-week waiting time , and also a commitment to early intervention. We've got a new clinical lead in place, and there … England. So, that work is very much happening with pace. We've made good progress on waiting times for children with eating disorders, and also there is nobody waiting —there is no waiting list currently for adults with …
18 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
… series of challenges, as I saw them that day, including winter pressures, the recruitment and retention of staff, waiting times for treatment in A&E, ambulance waiting times , and so on and so forth. I asked the Minister …
25 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… pace than some other cancers. Across Wales, it's over 90 per cent who are within the expected waiting time . The challenge, though, is getting to the point of getting a diagnosis, understanding what's happened, because the … symptoms can often affect other conditions as well. So, we routinely meet the waiting time target and we also have Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission-accredited centres of excellence in both north and south Wales. It's also …
4 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Reducing waiting times is a priority for this Government, and we've been clear with health boards that they should utilise all available capacity, including through the independent sector, to reduce waiting times . Our overall objective …
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Regional Integration Fund
Thank you very much for your statement this afternoon, Deputy Minister. The accident and emergency waiting times are of course the biggest issue blighting the national health service in Wales, and this is something I’m all too … discharged are still occupying valuable bed space in hospital wards. We also know that A&E waiting times are still on the rise, unfortunately, particularly in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. Two-year waiting lists are still …
10 May 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 3
… She has highlighted that it is one of the ones, and that's because of the challenge with waiting times —the low 30s in terms of waiting times , and worse in certain health board areas …
14 May 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Early Years: Improving mental health in Wales
… Government. We must not lose sight of that. You certainly mentioned a few points on mental health waiting times . Most young people referred to mental health services will be seen within four weeks, and all health boards have … plans in place to reduce waiting times . We continue to invest in a range of support to reduce the need for more specialist services, like online access to mental health and support in schools. There's a lot …
16 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… the primary focus of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, and you are now seeing waiting times falling in Wales in successive months. We regularly have the comparison with England; in fact, in 15 of the … per cent in England—because we know it requires resources, reform and innovation to drive down those waiting times for people in all parts of our healthcare system. That is the continuing commitment of this Government. I expect …
16 April 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Delivering Wales's priorities
… know, regrettably, on many of the key targets, your predecessor Government, led by Mark Drakeford, sadly missed the waiting times targets that it set itself, the Programme for International Student Assessment targets on educational attainment that it wanted … you work with the health boards to stay within their budgets and deliver on the key target of waiting time reductions that we all want to see, and ultimately we know, sadly, year on year is being missed …
29 June 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—'Waiting well? The impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales'
… which I know has already been raised, is carers' mental health. As the committee report demonstrated, the long waiting times severely affect patients and carers' health conditions and financial security. I fully support the Government's financial resilience … their loved ones will receive the urgently needed treatment soon enough. They're not being communicated the expected waiting time for the treatment, nor any assistance available to them, which leaves them feeling isolated and abandoned, which …
12 July 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
… could perhaps just ask, to start with, initially, perhaps you could just talk a little bit about the waiting times data and tackling the backlog, and of course noting in particular that waiting times for over one year …
26 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The impact of COVID on education
… well-being, and not sustainable. Another major concern and impact of the pandemic has been the increase in waiting times for children to be seen by an neurodevelopmental treatment specialist. There is currently a two-year-plus waiting … greater effort to speed up the help for significant concerns over children's mental health, and address the waiting times for additional learning needs, for those waiting right now to be identified as soon as possible so that …