9 December 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The New Emergency Ambulance Performance Framework and Ambulance Patient Handover at Hospitals
… Secretary accept those statistics, and does he agree that that is worrying? We’ve also seen the average wait times for red calls remaining higher than the Government's ideal target every month to date. So, can …
9 December 2025 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… would like to request a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on A&E waiting times . There were 96,800 attendances to all emergency departments in October—3,121 attendances per day. The average …
9 December 2025 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… when will the publication of waiting time date resume …
9 December 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… other practical support has a significant effect on them practically, socially and emotionally. Whilst working to reduce the wait times for these crucial adaptations, people with MND need to be supported psychologically. Acceptance and commitment therapy has been …
3 December 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Yes, I do want to see the excellent progress that we're seeing in reducing waiting times continue. In relation to the point that the Member makes in relation to IPFR cases and so on, I think …
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.
… the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Wales point to a 62 per cent increase in paediatric waiting times since 2016. So, does the forthcoming budget include provision for targeted investment or workforce planning to address that …
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.
Okay. Cabinet Secretary, we know there is still lots to do to reduce waiting times for planned care, and some health boards are progressing rather better than others. So, might there be specific measures taken to ensure that …
25 November 2025 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Business manager, last week, the Welsh Government was due to publish the latest NHS statistics for waiting times across Wales, and, as we know, these are supposed to be published every single month, on the third Thursday …
25 November 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… move more support into our communities when it comes to audiology. We're determined to bring down the waiting times when it comes to audiology and to make sure that this is fair across the whole of Wales …
25 November 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… Will the First Minister provide an update on audiology waiting times in Wales? OQ63488
5 June 2025 , Health and Social Care Committee
Ophthalmology Services in Wales - evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… been very clear in all sorts of contexts that one of the critical reasons for reducing waiting times is because for many people, depending on their condition, the longer you're waiting the more likely you are … rapidly what their improvement needs are. We've got very well-established GIRFT guidelines—Getting It Right First Time —which has a set of standards that we are mandating health boards to implement. There are some services that …
19 November 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - evidence session
… that's now coming under the broader CAMHS, because we are seeing not only the excellent improvement around waiting times and interventions, but we're also then able to set those strategic, national standards that everybody needs …
26 March 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cancer services in Wales: evidence session with Wales Cancer Alliance
… well. We've talked a lot about the inequalities that exist within the cancer system, whether that's waiting times or more broadly, but we don't have that detailed demographic data for the cancer system in Wales … support those communities that are waiting longer, and find out why they're waiting longer or they're not getting the support and receiving timely treatment. That data just isn't in the system when it really should …
12 November 2025 , Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges'
… cornerstone of efficient and effective delivery, and while we've been collecting data for some considerable time , I'm pleased to confirm that, since August, the pathways of care delays data has been published on the StatsWales website … slightly more than just ‘aspirational’. With strengthened decision making we plan to expand data publication on assessments, waiting times and vacancies for better sector oversight. The report rightly draws attention to the wider functions of local government, including …
25 April 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: The National Diagnostic Strategy
… are welcome news. Anything we can do to reduce pain and suffering while at the same time cutting down diagnostic waits is to be applauded. Are you concerned that we will once again see pockets of excellence but … expand blood tests from a three-day week service to a four-day week one. Their average waiting time for results across all sites is 13 working days. Do you think this is acceptable, and what steps can …
12 November 2025 , Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges'
… currently a gap in transparency in terms of the challenges facing social care, because data on delays, waiting times and staff vacancies is not published. We were therefore pleased that the Welsh Government is working towards publishing this …
2 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
… challenge in moving quickly and taking up innovations in a quick time . And, when we talked through the waiting times , it's clear that thousands of people are waiting longer than eight weeks for those diagnostic tests, and …
11 July 2025 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Welsh Government Delivery
… going to eliminate all two-year waiting lists and we're going to restore the maximum eight-week waiting time for diagnostic tests. So, those are three specific things. I think, just in terms of planned care … that we wanted it to focus on the longest waits . It just pained me to meet people who were living in pain for a very long period of time …
5 June 2025 , Health and Social Care Committee
Ophthalmology Services in Wales - evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you. Whilst the longest waiting times are reducing, which is positive, significant delays do still persist right across Wales, with some areas still experiencing waits of well over two years. More concerning is that only around half … being treated within clinical prioritisation targets. What are the main barriers, as you see it, preventing more consistent, timely treatment for those high-risk patients …
5 November 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… How is the Welsh Government's investment supporting NHS staff to reduce waiting times for patients in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board area? OQ63347