, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
… self-referral to. It's very difficult to self-refer into the gynaecology department, because everything has a waiting time. But these patients, to be very honest, if they go to the GP with bleeding, especially after the …
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… the United Kingdom. We are trying to move to a community-based service, but I recognise that waiting times are not where we want them to be and tackling that backlog is a key priority for me. That …
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… think it's fair to say that all NHS bodies kept citizens informed in relation to possible long waiting times for non-life-threatening treatments. What I can tell you is that, obviously, I'm very concerned about …
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… Will the Minister provide an update on accident and emergency waiting times in the Grange University Hospital? OQ59405
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Wales Air Ambulance bases reorganisation
… constituents and residents across the whole of north Wales. We also need to know the amount of time it takes for the air ambulance to fly from, say, Dinas Dinlle and Rhuddlan to different points in Aberconwy … risk, but it could have knock-on consequences for other areas. Wales is already facing increased ambulance waiting times. In north Wales, appallingly, last September alone we had 35 red calls for life-threatening emergencies that took over …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Experiences of young people with speech, language and communication needs in the criminal justice system—panel one
… have a more sophisticated discussion about how we measure good services. We're very good at measuring waiting times, and they're absolutely a component of them, but if we've got the wrong service model … equal esteem when we're saying, 'Is this service a good one or not?', not 'Did you wait six months and two weeks or did you wait six months and minus two weeks …
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… going to direct my spokesperson's questions this time towards my home area of Rhyl and the north Denbighshire community hospital up in that patch, or the lack of a north Denbighshire community hospital for that matter … people's health problems, in a way that will take the emphasis off Ysbyty Glan Clwyd and reduce waiting times. Now, back in 2012, this was costed as a £22 million project, doubling to £44 million …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
… their journey with cancer. It's absolutely shocking that 80 per cent of working women who work full time can't get a convenient cervical screening appointment. If we are to save more lives, we need … leads to an even further decline in their health and mental health. Conducting an urgent review into gynaecological waiting times is a must if we are to bring this to an end. I think, during these debates, the …
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Business Statement and Announcement
Like my colleague Paul Davies, I have also been contacted by large numbers of constituents, concerned about ambulance waiting times. Our hard-working ambulance crews and accident and emergency teams are amazing, working tirelessly, but ambulance crews are …
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Topical Questions
… the long term, to improve its fortunes, and be in a position in the future to get waiting times down and be a reliable service for patients in north Wales going forward? I appreciate they are technical questions …
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Access to Primary Care Services
… long-term austerity and inflationary pressures. The backlog created by the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact on waiting times. But, despite this, we all know that the numbers of people in Wales supported by our health and …
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
… pressures has seen police officers dealing with defibrillators, tied up in A&E for hours on end, at times, waiting for those they may have arrested to be seen, along with assisting with mental health issues—all … police resource and police expertise. It's clear to me that the health service pressures are taking time away from police officers in their usual role, and of course this could lead to our police forces being overrun …
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
… you've mentioned, First Minister, and the impact that has on vulnerable families and communities, some of the waiting times, some of the arrangements around payment of the housing benefit element direct to the landlord or not, some …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
… fact is what it is—that Wales is far behind England and Scotland in seeing the recovery in waiting times—[Interruption.] That is true; I can hear, 'It's not true' being whispered behind me. This is also …
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Questions to the First Minister
… constituency have contacted me in recent days and weeks who are very concerned about the long and lengthy waiting times in all the district general hospitals that serve the residents of my consistency. Many of them would like … constituency, or at least more services being delivered closer to home so they don't face that agonising wait in A&E departments due to staff shortages. First Minister, do you agree with me and many …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)
… structured out of the pandemic, but it helps us to talk about other things now, around not just waiting times, but actually those other big key measures and priorities emerging, and that does include climate. So, there are …
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Questions to the First Minister
… Trust. Where health boards take concerted, whole-system action, clear results are already being seen in reducing ambulance waiting times outside hospitals …
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Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
… bit like a radio DJ on early breakfast now, as we're in the graveyard shift. This time of year, I usually get a little bit disappointed as well, because I always have this picture in my mind … staff available, and then that's then backlogging onto the NHS system and contributing to some of the waiting times we're seeing and bedblocking, although I'm not too keen on that sort of wording, although …
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Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24
… ambulances outside Welsh A&E. We would establish surgical hubs across Wales to end Labour's embarrassing NHS waiting time record. Not only do the people of Wales want to see Labour's NHS crisis tackled but they …
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Questions to the First Minister
… Rhondda Cynon Taf. This could not just reduce, but actually eliminate, backlogs in accessing treatment and substantially reduce waiting times, moving forward, for orthopedic surgeries in particular, for people in Cynon valley and neighbouring areas. Can you provide …