17 September 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Government priorities
… just wish that your predecessors had had the same outlook in that regard. We've seen, time after time , Government priorities being completely out of sync with what the Welsh people are concerned about and what they are … Denbighshire to take pressure off Glan Clwyd Hospital, which has some of the worst accident and emergency department waiting times in the worst performing health board in Wales. Improving education standards also came up. We know Wales …
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… that important question. I think it is absolutely fair to say that the health board have found diagnostic waiting times a real challenge. In my periodic meeting with the chair, we discussed that very question and …
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on gastroenterology waiting times in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board? OQ61730
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… its work. Now, we have got a number of initiatives already in place in order to reduce waiting times , and I’ll be making announcements about more very shortly. But this group of people will bring the best …
14 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
… identified for the first time , are taking worryingly long to be identified or diagnosed, and the waiting time for these children to get that support that they desperately need is astronomically long and extremely concerning to parents, teachers …
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… services for both adults and child and adolescent mental health services, all health boards are having challenges meeting waiting times on a sustainable basis, and all health boards have developed revised trajectories to improve performance towards targets and …
9 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
… the Senedd, because they reflect the conversations that the Prif Weinidog held over the summer. So, cutting NHS waiting times , which is the very first thing she mentioned in her statement, will certainly be a priority in the …
8 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Mental Health and Well-being
… think it's inspiring; I think it makes a difference. And I completely agree with you that the waiting times to be diagnosed for bipolar are too long here and in England, and something must be done about …
8 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Mental Health and Well-being
… being of people throughout Wales. In line with the First Minister's priorities, I am focused on reducing waiting times for mental health support and treatment. This is very much part of our long-term vision to transform …
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… with knee problems for 15 years, and has been waiting for five years, almost to the day, for two partial knee replacements, being in constant pain the whole time , and having had to give up her pub … highlighted my constituent's case in a letter to Swansea Bay University Health Board, they said that waiting times for orthopaedic surgery in Swansea are now in excess of four years. I'm sorry it doesn't fit …
2 October 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare
… systematic failure that impacts the well-being of over half our population. Women often face longer waiting times for diagnosis and treatment and their concerns are frequently overlooked in clinical settings. This normalisation creates a culture where women …
1 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… Will the First Minister make a statement on waiting times for the discharge of medically optimised patients from hospitals in the South Wales Central region? OQ61616
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
… couple of general questions at the end, but there's a significant number of questions now around NHS waiting times , and, of course, the context of these questions is the first two recovery targets of no-one waiting …
5 June 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Dis-jointed care: Tackling joint and bone health in Wales
There's a lot more for us to do to reduce long waiting times , but these reductions do show the attention that we and the health service have been giving to orthopaedics. With partners, every health board has … local action plan, and these follow good clinical practice in terms of the Getting It Right First Time approach, GIRFT, and a local review of that approach. Assistance before and after treatment has also been important, and our …
16 April 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Delivering Wales's priorities
… what we are determined to deliver. It will also drive a sharper focus within the Government, at a time when families and businesses are living with such uncertainty and the continuing cost-of-living crisis. It cannot, however … services that those most in need of support rely upon. 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 …
8 May 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1392, 'Reform of the additional learning needs Code of Wales 2021'
… not, for those children who are waiting for a diagnosis through the medium of Welsh, where the waiting time is even longer. So, we must see those resources put in place so that those children do get the … support. But my question to the Cabinet Secretary, therefore, is: given the need for a diagnosis, the long waits for diagnosis that we’re experiencing, and the fact that so many people are having to wait so long …
24 September 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: A new partnership to transform our railways
… for Wales, but that simply isn't the case, is it, Cabinet Secretary? Labour has overseen record NHS waiting times , with our health service in crisis, poor education standards, and now snatching away £110 million from our pensioners …
24 September 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… the workers at the heart of our health service. First Minister, what opportunities lie ahead for reducing NHS waiting times in Wales with a Welsh Labour Government working closely with NHS staff, alongside a UK Labour Government that …
19 September 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children and Young People on the margins - evidence session
… recognise the significant shortcomings with the national referral mechanism—significant waiting times for decisions—and we have repeatedly highlighted this to the Home Office, namely that we need national referral mechanism reform. It was designed, the NRM …
18 September 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
… the summer, it's the same old story when it comes to the health service: standards going down, waiting times getting longer, staff being pushed to the extreme, and from the Government, nothing but repeated empty promises …