12 July 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
… not achievable; we just need to continually look for more ways to meet that capacity and drive the waiting times down …
12 July 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
… item 2 this morning we're taking some evidence from the Welsh NHS Confederation with regard to NHS waiting times , and we have an evidence session this morning up until 11 o'clock. So, I would just like …
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with organisations representing the patient's voice
… from our point of view, the areas and the services that we are hearing most about are the waiting times in areas that do tend to affect older people. So, we hear most from people who are concerned …
5 July 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: National Health Service
… more. They should be commissioning those services to private healthcare bodies in order to drive the waiting times down …
5 July 2023 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)—Epilepsy services
… they want to discuss their concerns. This decreases the need for an outpatient appointment and decreases waiting times and hospital admissions …
5 July 2023 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)—Epilepsy services
… sufferers have to put up with the difficult reality of the situation on the ground. NICE suggests that waiting times for routine epilepsy appointments should take no longer than a fortnight, but the reality is that not one …
4 July 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… who are trying to access their prescriptions at local pharmacies? There have been reports by constituents of long waiting times , unavailability of medication and difficulties in getting prescriptions filled on time . These issues are having serious implications …
22 March 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
… the decisions in Cardiff Bay.' That’s what I’ve tried to do so far in my short time that I’ve been here, and represent my home, which is the Vale of Clwyd. It’s always been … day-to-day basis are complaints about the performance of the health board and Glan Clwyd Hospital waiting times , patients who have perhaps passed away due to medical negligence, and the failure to build north Denbighshire community hospital …
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… What is the Minister doing to reduce waiting times at Glan Clwyd Hospital? OQ59754
11 May 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… like to welcome your comments today in terms of some of the additional investment taking place to see waiting times reduce, and you referred to your planned care recovery plan as well, which I would hope would … very timely , because we do continue to see an administration presiding over some of the worst records we've seen in our health service, with one in five people in Wales on a waiting list, compared to one …
26 April 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… the system is held up in any way, then it's more difficult to reach the 62-day waiting time . So, we have got a long way to go on cancer. It is absolutely in the top six … the whole process up. So, I've asked them to concentrate, for now, on the ones who are waiting for more than 62 days, because those are the people we absolutely need to get to, and, obviously …
20 June 2023 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Illegal Migration Bill
… course, those services are already under massive pressure, with a housing supply crisis and the worst NHS waiting times in Britain. However, immigration is a non-devolved matter reserved to the UK Government. Of course, we do recognise …
20 June 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Launch of 111 press 2 for urgent mental health
… all health boards are meeting the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance and the four-week waiting time . We’ve got the clinical lead in place now and we are making good progress. I know that …
29 March 2023 , Plenary
Short Debate: Endometriosis and the women’s health plan in Wales
… provide healthcare to women and girls in Wales. We need to do that so that they can get timely care, so that the NHS responds to their needs and requirements, and so that research and development work reflects … women who experience endometriosis, so that they are cared for as close to home as possible, without lengthy waiting times . Then, in December, the NHS collaborative published a report on establishing a women’s health plan. This reports …
14 June 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 6
Partly, that's down to Public Health Wales and the Wales Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, thinking about waiting time data, et cetera, being broken down, not just by different cancer types, but also we know that …
29 March 2023 , Plenary
Short Debate: Endometriosis and the women’s health plan in Wales
… external flow, and that can cause inflammation, scar tissue, fertility issues and significant pain, which can at times be entirely debilitating, as we've heard. For many women, endometriosis can be difficult to diagnose and can take years … menstrual pain as possible endometriosis, should lead to appropriate investigations without delay. At the heart of discussions about waiting times , there are women who are often suffering in silence, whose lives are being profoundly impacted. Nothing illustrates this …
7 June 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 5
… education ranges from below 9 per cent to 48 per cent. So, it's a huge disparity, and waiting times for habilitation support vary from one week to 12 months. We strongly feel that this inconsistency must stop …
22 March 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
… waiting over two years; in England and Scotland, these have been virtually eliminated. Then are the A&E waiting times , and it's been a very long time since Wales saw a greater percentage of patients within the … were supposed to be better off, but we're worse off, and I have lost count how many times I have read 'the worst on record'. I listened to Mike Hedges's contribution—I agree with a lot …
14 December 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… that the public needs, and what they need is care in the right place at the right time . And I regret that we haven't been able to do more of that. And there are valid reasons for … haven't seen some of the progress that I would have liked to have seen in relation to waiting times . But we're not at the point yet where we've hit the deadline, and I, as the …
10 May 2023 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Incontinence
… around a lot of extra weight from a growing foetus. Why is it that 90 per cent first- time mothers have at least a first-degree tear, and 70 per cent require stitches to the area around the … hospital. Sacral nerve stimulation is available to anybody who needs it in Cardiff and the Vale, but with waiting times of four years for faecal incontinence before any treatment, the investment is clearly not sufficient to meet the …