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1 May 2024, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations

… keep a roof over their heads, if they have the luxury to do so? They have high waiting times, they struggle to see a doctor, a dentist, and all of that money that the leader of Plaid Cymru …

1 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

… waiting for more than two years fell again for the twenty-third month in a row. The average waiting time is now around 21 weeks …

19 October 2022, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 3

… large part of it. Those coming to university now will have been at school or college during that time, so, again, that will have affected their experience coming into university. But again, it's not equally experienced. There … health support is there, available, easy to access, and that there aren't long waiting lists and long waiting times for getting hold of mental health support when you need it, and if you do have to wait …

23 April 2024, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… the rest of the Government, can get on with that important work of delivering on reducing the health waiting times, getting our economy moving and improving educational attainment across Wales. That is the agenda that the Government should …

17 January 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence 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

… got a huge opportunity in that area, particularly with day-case and day procedures' start and finish times. There's a whole myriad of things that we are bringing through the value and sustainability board that will … period and the increase that we expected to see, which will then result in the reduction in the waiting times that we want to see across Wales …

19 October 2022, Health and Social Care Committee

Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists

… therefore, access to care homes at the time was very difficult. So, we're starting to get through that. So, some of my clinics are managing to get through their waiting lists, whereas others—. So, I always look … get it down to six months. So, we do have, in each area, an understanding of what our waiting times are …

7 February 2024, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service

… since the board was placed into special measures. In the last 12 months, we've also seen longer waiting times in emergency units. We've seen a reduction of between 4 and 8 per cent in the number … March and June of last year, the first four months of being in special measures, only two full-time additional doctors had joined the board. And the number of dental workers has reduced to only 306 in the …

13 December 2023, Plenary

Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill: Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill

… per cent by April 2021. We should also consider the particular barriers facing young people, who currently face waiting times for local primary mental health support services that are significantly longer than those for adults. Given that the … children and young people with an assessment within 28 days of referral has not been met for some time, it is unsurprising that the 'Wellbeing of Wales' report for 2023 has shown a downward trend in the life …

28 September 2022, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer

… annual leave in order to attend medical procedures. Sadly, long waits for cancer treatments are not new. Cancer waiting times have not been met since 2008. Fifty-six per cent received treatment within 62 days in February …

19 October 2023, Health and Social Care Committee

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales

… communicate that best then? Because, you know, where that's really positive, and I've seen from my time in the NHS that those facilities are available and a lot better than what they have been in previous … that there's recruitment and retention issues and then, obviously, when you see stories and cases of high waiting times, perhaps poor examples of healthcare—. Then where's the—not the happy medium, that's probably the wrong …

8 February 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with primary and secondary care representatives

… living with chronic conditions is the population. Again, if you're wanting to access that for the first time, that does depend on what services the GP—and I say 'the GP', but the GP surgery, as such … think, to really appropriately support the population that need it. The consequence of that is very long waiting times, not being able to access that type of service. So, I'm highlighting workforce issues, but they're almost …

5 March 2024, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2024-25

… minimum allocation under the formula to be provided, but you can provide more. It's not the first time Northern Ireland has had substantially more. I think that is something that we need to perhaps take up with … for a number of operations, e.g. hip replacements, in each health board, which are easily measurable, rather than waiting times, which are difficult to control? The number of operations is controllable. I support preventative measures, and commend Designed …

5 December 2023, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… improvement programme is just one example of work that has been put in place since those debates some time ago. So, the combination of new investment, better understanding, a recent workforce survey to make sure that we can … taking forward the cross-party commitment to doing more to help people with a condition. Because, while waiting times are too long, far more people get a service today than ever used to get a service because far …

21 February 2024, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: Wales-specific COVID inquiry

… all of those who lost loved ones during the pandemic, or whose lives were altered by it. The time allocated to Wales to scrutinise two years of decision making is not adequate. As Plaid Cymru spokesperson for education … mental health symptoms in the years following COVID-19, and this has been compounded by the fact that waiting times for local primary mental health support services are significantly longer for Welsh children compared to adults, as the …

12 July 2023, Health and Social Care Committee

NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies

… that point. I think it's a good opportunity to do so, since we're talking about waiting times and the time-based approach and the risk-based approach. A very simple question: is that a standard approach …

14 March 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

… see, you need to be able to directly refer them for that support, rather than there being a wait time, and, for me, mental health is one of those areas that has to be up there. On the …

2 February 2023, Health and Social Care Committee

Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations

… found that increasing demand for endoscopy and a lack of capacity in hospitals was driving long waiting times for endoscopy appointments, and called for the Welsh Government to develop and implement a national endoscopy plan at pace …

7 March 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Evidence Session: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

… done to get this organisation to be stronger, and the test will be, 'Are we reducing waiting times, are we increasing access and are we increasing the quality of the service that we provide …

6 March 2024, Plenary

Topical Questions

… the third set of strikes, and it also will, of course, add pressure onto the already existing longer waiting times that we have in Wales in comparison to the rest of the UK. And, of course, there …

27 February 2024, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… thank Gareth Davies, Llywydd, for that question. Waiting times for some patients at Glan Clwyd Hospital are not where they need to be, especially in the emergency department. Extra investment by the Welsh Government and a fresh focus …