, Plenary
Short Debate: Pathways from referrals to diagnosis and beyond: the challenges of living with autism and other neurodivergent conditions
… been mentioned in the debate by several Members today, that assessment services are experiencing increasing demand with long waiting times across children and adult services, and for some conditions, new service pathways are needed. So, to better understand … and easy access. And I think Hefin mentioned the importance of the support that's needed while you wait for a diagnosis, and I feel that that is absolutely key. I'll come back to colleagues shortly when …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the secondary care sector
… address that workforce. I guess the easiest way to get into your question is to look at the waiting times for these therapies. Over the course of the pandemic, a lot of these therapies have moved online, which … for people. In some areas, for example support for people with neurodevelopmental disorders like autistic spectrum disorder, the waiting lists for access to therapists is very, very long; in some services, it can be a couple of years …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… What steps is the Welsh Government taking to cut ambulance waiting times? OQ58708
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… Will the Minister provide an update on ambulance waiting times in South Wales East? OQ58685
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… treatment. Last month, the health Minister attended a cancer summit with local health boards across Wales to tackle waiting times and address capacity problems within the Welsh NHS. It is vital that the health Minister provides an overview …
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: 'New Ambition for Wales: Programme for Government 2026-2030'
… first question is this: by the end of this Senedd term, how much lower should the overall waiting lists be, when will those surgical hubs be operating at full capacity and how many additional patients will they treat … for this Senedd and the public to judge whether you are delivering. By 2030, will people be waiting less time for treatment? Will children be attending school more regularly and achieving better results? Will wages and productivity …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence session with the North Wales Community Health Council
… think this is one of the post-pandemic issues. Everybody has got long, long waiting times, and any hospital with spare capacity can sell that capacity now. So, areas where we'd had flows to the Countess …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence session with the North Wales Community Health Council
… number of elements to that, and there are a number of challenges. Obviously, the massive one is waiting times; 36- and 52-week waiters are about 10 times what they were before the pandemic, but that's the …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
… clear, and we’ve had all of the assembled expertise in the north of Wales for some considerable time waiting for the UK Government to (a) stop switching chairs, and (b) actually get its act together. And the …
, Plenary
Short Debate: Pathways from referrals to diagnosis and beyond: the challenges of living with autism and other neurodivergent conditions
… our Facebook group, they were saying, 'To my surprise, my son or daughter had a place this time around.' And you can't get closer to democracy and making democracy work for you than that, I don … report, 'Making Wales a No Wrong Door Nation—how are we doing?' They highlight a passage from it: 'Waiting times for an assessment for a neurodevelopmental condition (for children with suspected Autism, ADHD and other similar conditions) are …
, Plenary
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 20) Regulations 2021
… push that particular point. Of course, these regulations need to go hand in hand at the same time as work to strengthen the health service. I will make this point to close: with such great pressure, and growing … days of winter, we do need to avoid being caught in a vicious circle, an endless circle, where waiting times deteriorate. What I see is short-term steps being taken by the Government, yes, but we need …
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Business Statement and Announcement
Could I ask for an urgent statement from the health Minister this afternoon on waiting times in Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan, as I have been contacted overnight by Chelsea Clark from Meliden, whose grandmother has been sat …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… investment and recruitment of specialist staff are amongst the actions being taken alongside clinical leaders to reduce cancer waiting times …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… What action is the Welsh Government taking to improve NHS cancer waiting times? OQ58607
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… came back after the 2021 elections. What I would like to ask you, First Minister, is: after the waiting time figures that came out last Thursday, one of the big issues that many people struggle with …
, Plenary
Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2022-23
… adequate support network? There is also the issue of how we support our public services through these difficult times. Inflationary pressures are putting a huge amount of strain on funding services, whilst the cost of things like potential … ensure that all of the funding provided is making its way to the front line to tackle waiting times and treatment backlogs. Thank you …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
… NHS all working together, there should be a comprehensive support package available to students. And I think those waiting times are a really challenging gap that we need manage. So, signposting to us to help fill that …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 3
… for it. We are seeing that the referrals are going up—they're going over the four-week wait time and that is even for counsellors in schools. So, I'd like to know what your thoughts are …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 3
… practice that all health boards are expected to deliver on and report on, and that will also include waiting times …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Welsh Government's response to the Chancellor's statement on the medium-term fiscal plan
… gap, when nurses need a pay rise, we have huge waiting lists, and earlier we heard about ambulance waiting times—. How are we going to fill that gap? I just don't know at all. I know you …