11 January 2023 , Plenary
Short Debate: The current challenges facing the health and social care system in Wales, and opportunities for future service transformation
… the three rights: providing excellent healthcare to the right patient, at the right place, and at the right time . Deputy Llywydd, I must thank the stakeholders and clinicians, and there were many of them, who helped me prepare … have suggested that the NHS IT and technology infrastructure could be upgraded to ensure that accurate and clear waiting times and diagnosis information is available for staff and patients. Of course, an over-reliance on technology could exclude …
2 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
… maternity and neonatal services is very worrying. The quality governance and quality related to performance and long waiting times are currently at targeted intervention level, and the escalation status for planning and finance is at enhanced monitoring …
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 allied health professionals
… that question was mainly directed at me. I think, to answer that last point first, definitely the longer waiting times —we've been talking about physios—are causing deterioration, more complex cases, and it's harder to deal … heard of physios who've said that people are turning up in the emergency setting who are on waiting lists; people have fallen, and they're waiting for a hip operation, and that's caused them to fall …
29 June 2022 , Plenary
Topical Questions
… statistically quite close. But we hear now that 65,000 people aren’t being seen within that specific time frame: 65,000 people facing losing their sight. I drew attention to this in the middle of the dark … decreasing the number of people who are waiting longer than they should, but to getting rid of these waiting times entirely? There’s no point having a system that is based on risk measures if you then leave …
15 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the Welsh Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy and Health Education and Improvement Wales
… possible—so, regional availability. Clearly, the pandemic's had a deleterious effect, but we were struggling with our waiting times even before that started, and health boards have used, as you say, extensively used, insourcing and outsourcing …
15 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the Welsh Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy and Health Education and Improvement Wales
… services, to consider the actions that are needed to implement the national endoscopy action plan and ultimately reduce waiting times . I'd like to thank all our witnesses for being with us this morning—two in the room …
7 February 2023 , Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
… health and social care sectors, of course, are grappling with an increased demand, in terms of tackling the waiting times backlog and dealing with longstanding workforce issues. Inevitably, this affects the range of activities that can be delivered …
7 February 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Minister, the provision of step-down care is vital if we are to tackle the ever-growing waiting times experienced by patients in my region and across Wales. Of course, if a previous Welsh Government had not closed …
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… eastern border, is Glangwili hospital. And I'm sure you will agree with me that the A&E waiting times at this hospital are simply unacceptable. The latest figures available show that 46.5 per cent of patients are … transfer or discharge, and 16.5 per cent—a sixth of all patients—are spending more than 12 hours waiting , the worst in the whole of the Hywel Dda health board region. One of the contributing factors to these …
2 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
… does that cause a significant delay in the route through colonoscopy services, or is it just a standard waiting time ? Are there problems there? Can something be done to quicken that …
2 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
… meet regularly with all the health boards, and what we find in endoscopy is we get spikes in waiting times due to staff shortages, and this health board is particularly—. This was around screening nurse shortages rather than …
2 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
… cancers and endoscopy is that if you look at waiting lists, for example, for things like gynaecological cancers, waiting times are really, really below what the expectation is—sort of really behind—and I know it's something …
2 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
… about the fact they're not in the scope? And is there a knock-on effect, therefore, from waiting times and also the capacity to deal with those …
2 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
… yes, we have really clear issues. If the ambition is to increase—sorry, not increase the target of waiting times , but, for example, for health boards to be hitting 70 per cent of people to be seen within …
2 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
… terms of waiting times , either Katie or Gerard, how do they compare to the other services across the UK? Are there any comparisons that you're aware …
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
… form of trauma that is new to them, or is historic, having to tell their story time and time again to different professionals is re-traumatising; it doesn't help with their recovery and it doesn't help … may well be within the NHS. You then, as James touched on, come across the problems of the waiting times for some certain forms of counselling or secondary care are as long for some young people as the …
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… What steps is the Welsh Government taking to reduce waiting times for NHS dental care? OQ59040
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… psychology is a key part of that workforce plan. I note the comments that you've made about waiting times for psychology services and, clearly, there is more work to do in that space. The NHS delivery unit …
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… core mental health data set, which will supplement the information that we already routinely publish on mental health waiting times …
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… How is the Welsh Government using digital technology to reduce NHS waiting times for patients across Bridgend? OQ59062