7 January 2025 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… issues that we've been discussing this afternoon, the First Minister particularly, in terms of reducing the longest waiting times , including, I have to say, for mental health, access to social care and services for women's health …
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… will mean that we'll have to look at a freeze on locum staff, and also to extend waiting times . This is particularly concerning for Powys residents, as you can imagine. So, I was just wondering if you …
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… but I won’t apologise for standing up for my constituents in the Vale of Clwyd. Emergency department waiting times in north Wales are at a level that other developed nations would not tolerate. Myself and fellow Conservative …
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… increasing co-operation between the Welsh NHS and private healthcare providers to help reverse the appalling trend in waiting times here in Wales …
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… increase in admissions for private healthcare in 2023 compared to 2022. The common UK challenge of long waiting times is likely to be a key factor behind this increase …
5 July 2023 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)—Epilepsy services
… more seizures. To get to her diagnosis, living in England at the time , she was seen within six weeks. Today, in Wales, the wait is now 22 months. Becci is not alone in Wales. There are higher rates … Our motion has two specific calls on Welsh Government. Firstly, Welsh Government should support measures to reduce current waiting times for patients and service users accessing epilepsy services. And secondly, Welsh Government should support health professionals in Wales …
18 September 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
… move them on, for ethical reasons. That's in a health board that has the lowest ambulance waiting times because of its whole-system approach to bed management. They are freeing up space on the wards in the … soon as possible so that another patient can be admitted, either from the emergency department or from the waiting list. The reason this is so difficult is because we don't have the community health and social care …
10 May 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, the planned care recovery plan, published on 26 April, commits to reducing therapy waiting times to 14 weeks by spring 2024. The waiting list for the first fitting of an adult hearing aid is included in this …
8 February 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… were even Members here—Conservative Members here—who pressed, earlier last year, for the Chancellor to reduce that waiting time . So, it takes you five weeks to wait for a payment, and four weeks to wait … with food prices rising, with inflation at 7 per cent. All of these make for a very torrid time ahead for the families in Ogmore, with which their Senedd representative, I know, will be deeply concerned …
23 November 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
… that. We've heard anecdotal evidence from students who have sought support within the NHS that the waiting list time for them to get support is actually longer than the term that they're going … that actually finishes. So, what are you doing specifically to try and get on top of these waiting -list times , so that when people are accessing support and asking for it, that they're not having to wait …
18 September 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
… Minister's predecessor made the following announcement back in April: 'It's clear that the NHS, and reducing waiting times , is a top priority for the people of Wales, and the same is true for … office, with a relentless focus on addressing the backlog, and yet, since February of this year, NHS waiting lists have hit record highs for five consecutive months, which now account for almost 20 per cent of our entire …
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1400, 'Fair and Adequate Resourcing of General Practice in Wales'
… the BMA has found that nearly four out of five locum GPs can't find work, despite patient waiting times reaching record highs. That's in England, but here in Wales the symptoms of the same crisis have … locums in Wales looking to other fields. Some are considering jobs in retail and driving taxis. At a time when we're crying out for GPs and we all accept that there's a shortage of GPs, this …
10 February 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment and Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Health and Social Care Winter Plan 2021 to 2022: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
… back to committee. I move to item 7 and this is in regards to the impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales who are waiting for a diagnosis or treatment, and our scrutiny session this …
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?'
… And I would prefer to get it right than to rush it. But we are, at the same time , in parallel with this, taking action to improve implementation now, co-producing solutions with parents and delivery partners … social care for disabled children, including taking action to address the gaps in allied health professionals across Wales. Waiting times for ND assessments are too long. We have seen a 59 per cent increase in children and young …
11 May 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… have many e-mails in my inbox, as does everyone, I'm sure, about the fact that waiting times are just becoming worryingly long now. I've also had an e-mail from a constituent recently who … that there was a complete lack of communication in the ED and, at times , a lack of empathy for others. All this with a wait , for most genuinely ill patients, of over 12 to 14 hours. This cannot …
8 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Mental Health and Well-being
… help arrives once it's too late, and they struggle to access the help needed at an appropriate time . So, this must be a priority for the strategy. I'm keen to understand how the Welsh Government will … that deprivation has on mental health. I'm pleased to hear the Minister speak about the importance of waiting times , as well, which, of course, have been raised many times in this Chamber. But, overall, I'd like …
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… north Wales that they'll believe it when they see it, sadly. So, moving on from that, waiting times at Morriston Hospital A&E department in Swansea have been so bad this week that people have been walking …
8 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… announcement at the Labour Party conference over patients from Wales being able to access surplus capacity to reduce waiting times here in Wales—something that I commended the Government for considering and bringing forward. Last week, the health … the Welsh Government? Will there be greater capacity purchased and will patients see themselves progressing up the waiting list and getting the procedures that they want …
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
… helping over 100,000 Welsh citizens who are delivering our public services. We invested £28 million to cut waiting times and £13 million on better end-of-life care. We've launched our North Wales Medical School, training …
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?'
… once a child is in childcare that it becomes clear, and families then have to deal with waiting times for assessment. So, it's important that the Welsh Government lays out how it plans to remain responsive …