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Statement by the First Minister: Delivering for Wales
… the NHS in Wales is, frankly, on its knees: one in two ambulances not turning up in time, record-breaking waiting lists, 24,000 people waiting over two years for treatment—18 times higher than the rate …
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Questions to the First Minister
Local people have waited a long time for progress in relation to the Royal Alexandra Hospital. I recognise how important this development is to the community. Now, the Welsh Government is working through the phase 1 business case …
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Climate Adaptation and Resilience in Wales's Transport Network
… for Wales myself directly and you get told something completely different. And I remember a time when Tom Montgomery had to wait several hours—. I was lucky because somebody came to give me a lift, but I think … can create additional barriers to accessing essential services. These pressures are not confined to particular routes or specific times of the year; they do reflect wider challenges. Jason mentioned the reputation that Transport for Wales has, and …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
… those are in Betsi. Patients in north Wales are 1,460 times more likely to face such delays than in England. A quarter of all NHS waiting lists in Wales, whether for diagnostics, therapies or treatment, fall under … per cent over 12 hours—far below the national average. Cancer pathways and ambulance response times are deteriorating and diagnostic waits are abysmal. Over a third of tests are taking longer than eight weeks, undermining the health Secretary …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The Member does make a valid point about people being delayed from leaving hospital because they’re waiting for their medication. I think most of us have had casework on that, and those beds are very much needed … additional digital tools that could be available for our hospital pharmacies, to reduce the amount of time patients are waiting for that discharge medication …
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Short Debate: Access to hospital care in the south-east
… breast clinic appointment that was in Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr. I, at the same time, or around the same time, had been contacted by a constituent living in Caerphilly who had to go to Nevill Hall Hospital for something … they may not be able to be assured that the ambulance will get to them in time, they may have to wait an excessive amount of time for treatment, and they may be expected to travel too far …
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision
… element where we're waiting to see. Despite the fact that we are impatient at times, we are waiting to see how that is going to work out. But there is an opportunity there …
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… regard across Wales. And the context of my question is that a constituent of mine, after waiting a considerable length of time for treatment on the NHS, decided to pay privately, despite the fact that they couldn … them was, when they went for treatment, to find out that there were other patients waiting the same length of time in other parts of Wales who are being referred for private treatment by their health boards, and …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: evidence session with the WCVA, British Red Cross, Mantell Gwynedd County Voluntary Council and Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations
… stood down for any challenging reason; I think it was just a review. But we have been waiting for some time, and I would really welcome that being stood up again and a refresh of its terms …
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 9
… this case, just to use this, the Conservatives who then had—. There was a period of time where we had to wait for the Conservative Party to trigger the recall petition. And they had a period of time … order to that, but there was still a waiting game. For me, it shouldn't be down to the political party to trigger it, it should be down to, still, the parliamentary standards committee to actually say, 'The …
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Questions to the First Minister
… possibly can, but it is, at the same time as dealing with people who have been waiting for that length of time, dealing with the rise in emergency care and in the referrals that come into the system … NHS today than at any time in its history. But the restraint is often the fact that attracting people to work in those relatively small number of specialities where the longest waits are concentrated is a competition with …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms - evidence session
… the ability of the health service to provide timely advice, useful advice. So, schools are waiting quite a long time for that advice, and there are challenges I know that prevent that from happening. So, whereas the role …
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
… expectation is we're due for the next big jump in battery technology; we've waited a long time for it. I think that there's a lot of experimental work being done, especially in Japan and the …
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 6
… might be used several times in respect of one of the four purposes, but you could be waiting a long time for one of the other four purposes, or to get the full set, if you like …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with British Dental Association Wales and British Orthodontic Society
… referral—information that's on the referral—to say, actually, was there a clinical risk with them waiting a long time. So, those patients have been pushed to the fore when accessing care. The problem was, historically, before … especially in primary care, it was on a time-served basis, unless there was anything really obvious on the referral form. So, you could tell patients, 'Actually, our waiting list is two years. So, you're likely …
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Member’s Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): A Bill on corporate parenting
… edge, there is no 'later'. Their childhood is not on hold while we find a better time. Each year we wait is another year of young people falling through a gap we already know how to close. After …
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Topical Questions
Thank you. As you’re aware, I was pleased to see, for the first time, that those waiting for two years and longer, that those lists are coming down for the first time since the beginning of the …
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Questions to the First Minister
… not gender identity. Does the First Minister not agree that 440 days is a very long time in which to wait for the essential protections outlined in the ruling, which are still being denied to 51 per cent …
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Questions to the First Minister
… and triaged really quite quickly. The challenge is, for people who aren't urgent, they need to wait a long time; the biggest reason for that is there are far too many people in an NHS bed when …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cancer services in Wales: evidence session with Public Health Wales
… but we are commissioning and we're working really closely with the health boards to reduce that time and that wait, because we know that it causes anxiety …