4 February 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
… their integrity of course underscores this point. But by now, as all Members know, all concerns about the waiting times data have been rectified and reporting resumed last month. The final report from the external review team will … month. Dirprwy Lywydd, there has been progress on access to planned care over the last three years. Long waits have fallen by 60 per cent and two-year waits are down 81 per cent for orthopaedic treatment, down …
27 September 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Minister, last week we had the waiting times out for the NHS in Wales. In north Wales, which you are the Minister directly responsible for, there are 15,000 people waiting two years … more for a procedure. Will you apologise to those 15,000 people who are waiting such long times on the Welsh NHS …
27 November 2025 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2026-27: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, the Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Well-being.
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Yes, some questions, Cabinet Secretary and Ministers, on waiting times . We've seen the additional £120 million pounds to reduce two-year waits and restore diagnostic targets. But as we look forward to the next financial …
27 January 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
… failed to meet its key delivery targets in health. We've seen persistent failures in accident and emergency waiting times and cancer treatment pathways. For example, the target of 62 days, I think, is appalling, and … not even meeting that target. And breast cancer screening areas, where timely action can be the difference between life and death, again, not met. Surgeons themselves have warned that a lack of theatre capacity and staff burn-out …
27 January 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Waiting Times
… Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board still has more to do to meet its plan to cut long waiting times , but that here too there's been progress. A senior clinician at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board told … privately from elsewhere in the UK to provide evening and weekend clinics and temporarily massage down politically embarrassing waiting list figures. I've actually previously attended one of those clinics myself on a Saturday morning. Instead of reactively …
20 January 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… course, that the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care is going to be making a statement on waiting times —and he may be making that statement next week—but I think it is important, and you have … But I also do note the key achievements, in terms of Betsi Cadwaladr, in terms of reducing long waits : 104-week waits down 54 per cent; three-year referral-to-treatment waits down 80 per cent; therapy waits …
12 July 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
… same as they experience in Hywel Dda, and that will be a determinant of some of the time that people wait , making sure that we've got the right workforce. Workforce is a big reason for … working as regions. But why is it different? Predominantly, it's workforce that drives the differences in the waiting times for different specialties …
27 January 2026 , Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
… have better A-level results than other parts of the United Kingdom. I see a Wales in which waiting times are coming down faster than anywhere else. I see a Wales that wants to succeed, where you see … The Chair of the Finance Committee, rather gloomily, I thought, pointed out to his colleagues how many more times they have to hear from me before the end of this Senedd term, and I'm afraid that you …
14 November 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Evaluation of the Autism Code of Practice and Neurodivergence Update
… young person’s first language, and that hasn’t been happening. There’s already been some discussion on waiting times for diagnosis, but a Welsh-speaking child can be waiting for an even longer period of time than …
4 February 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
… aim to deliver an extra 200,000 out-patient appointments. We are on track with that. The waiting time for that is now down at 14 weeks as an average, which is quite a significant reduction to the … recognise the scale of the impact that this work is having. The number of people on a waiting list, which is different from the number of pathways—these are the individuals that we're talking about, so moving …
10 February 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… and treatments also as part of our £2 million cancer recovery programme, supporting health boards to improve cancer waiting times . And, of course, the long-term demand for cancer investigations, the complexity of care and delivery is increasing …
10 February 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… some of my long-standing cases, which defy what you keep saying about the reduction in treatment waiting times . You mentioned yourself it went into special measures in 2015. We're now in 2026. In November …
20 January 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing: Women’s Health Hubs
… and women. The real test will be if the plan leads to real improvements that are measurable and timely in terms of women's experience of healthcare. The Health and Social Care Committee at the Senedd has raised … and consistency of implementation. It's understandable, therefore, that many women are asking when they will see shorter waiting times , better access to services and improved outcomes, particularly given the pressure on GP capacity and the substantial variance …
4 February 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
… shorter and longer term. Plaid Cymru's idea of creating surgical hubs would actually address the issue of waiting times that have grown so much in north Wales over the years. Our plans to establish a national telemedicine …
4 February 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
… access to emergency care. We must also see the urgent establishment of surgical hubs to clear the appalling waiting time backlog. And finally, we must protect and enhance the community hospital network in north Wales, including the delivery …
4 February 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
… that point of waiting times , and outsourcing to England, and using external and perhaps private companies in that sense, what we seem to have been finding in official responses from Government Ministers is those very facts missing …
4 February 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Okay. And would you accept that, when it comes to NHS waiting times , patients deserve honesty and honest data, as opposed to any headline-friendly statistics, if you like …
4 February 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
… still talking money. We know that some targets— waiting times —are still higher, perhaps, than we would like. So, that being the case, what is your best current estimate of the investment required in the next Senedd …
4 February 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
… recovery and planned care, and there has been further funding added in this year to accelerate reductions in waiting times . So, you started talking about how some of that has been spent—and it has been welcomed, absolutely …
4 February 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
… where should that next phase of planned care recovery be focused most to achieve more sustainable reductions in waiting times …