, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS Dentistry
… did this, of all of the five options that popped up, three were only taking on children, the waiting times for them all varied between two and four years—four years. Stories like mine are repeated thousands …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS Dentistry
… was two years. Just over a half of them are taking children on as NHS patients, and the waiting times for NHS children can be anywhere from three months to three years, with the average being two years …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Eating disorders
… group wanted to table this important motion today. And, as has already been referenced, it's timely that we're able to do so during Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which once again provides a spotlight on an issue … child and adolescent mental health services are left waiting for over four weeks for their first appointment, and waiting times for mental health services for young people are now the worst on record. These are young people who …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
… GPs, do you think GPs are holding back and saying, 'We know that there's a long waiting time so we're not going to refer at the moment, we're going to look for other alternatives …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?—evidence session 2
… actually stay in mainstream education? Do you think that could be a reason, parental choice because of the waiting times …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 3
… what happens to women from when they're diagnosed, how many have surgery, what's their surgery waiting time like, how many are accessing chemotherapy or new cancer drugs, and I think without that data, it's really …
, Plenary
Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23
… knew someone who did in the 12 months up to the survey. Turning to education, at a time when Labour Government Ministers have been telling us that raising school standards is an underlying objective of education reform … through the Welsh Government's financial backing can we hope to reverse Wales's record of long NHS waiting times, poor educational outcomes and the disastrous housing crisis. Thank you …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
… Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on eating disorders and ensure that the four-week target for waiting times is met, in order to reinforce the importance of eating disorder services. I've also been going around … getting from those teams is very positive. So, for example, in Swansea bay, they didn't have a waiting list for adult eating disorder services when I was there most recently, and the commitment in those teams …
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—'Connecting the dots: tackling mental health inequalities in Wales'
… who saw that young people see no point in the service, due to inadequate support and the lengthy waiting times. I know, from my previous role as a child protection social worker, that it hasn't changed. CAMHS …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
… the education space, obviously complementing the reforms that the Deputy Minister has announced in relation to the neurodevelopmental waiting times, and I think the aggregate picture is designed obviously to support each learner …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
… the health service. It is in a dire state across Wales—north, south, east, west—with incredibly long waiting times, leaving patients languishing in pain. Fixing the NHS is a top priority for the people of Wales, and …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
… What would that be in terms of making the gynaecological side of things play its role in reducing waiting times and pressures on A&E services, in light of what Tom's just mentioned there about workforce and …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
… with bloating, women's health clinics—all of that is under so much pressure at the moment, the waiting times are so long, so primary care are reluctant to refer because secondary care hasn't got the capacity …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
… suppose, about what this delay and this lack of information is doing and how this is contributing to waiting times and the care, I suppose, that patients are receiving …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
… that they're waiting for. The only thing we can infer, really, from the fact that the waiting times are so poor—sometimes as low as 25 per cent of patients are actually going through the pathway within …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
… Care Committee can do to support reducing those inequalities would be welcome. And I just agree that these waiting times are unacceptably poor …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
… more on a global scale, in terms of what I mentioned in the first question about cancer waiting times in Wales being the worst they've ever been? What infrastructure and methods can we put in place …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
… cancer. Is it something to do with women's cancers? I don't know. For breast cancer, the waiting times are much better, so it's not specifically women, is it, but is it something to do with …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
Thank you very much, Chair. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. Cancer waiting times in Wales are currently the worst they have been. Performance is very poor for gynaecological cancers, with compliance significantly below the …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Thank you, Dr Aarti. If I can come on to another subject area, cancer waiting times in Wales are currently the worst-performing that they ever have been, particularly, I suppose, for gynae cancers, so why is this …