29 June 2021 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… you around the achievements of the Welsh squad in getting to the final 16 for the second time —I've waited all my life for them to get to a major tournament for the first time , only for …
9 December 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The New Emergency Ambulance Performance Framework and Ambulance Patient Handover at Hospitals
… better more than me. We all receive casework from all our constituents about people who've waited unnecessary lengths of time . But you did mention a number of things in your statement, Cabinet Secretary, and I hope you …
5 June 2025 , Health and Social Care Committee
Ophthalmology Services in Wales - evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… not just about the numbers of people waiting for treatment, waiting for surgery, it's the numbers waiting within that time frame that is critical for their eye care, getting the follow-up in the same way, within …
14 May 2025 , Health and Social Care Committee
Ophthalmology Services in Wales - evidence session - panel 5
… setting, so by our community optoms, the people on the high street, rather than having to potentially wait a longer time to be seen in that secondary care setting and at eye clinics. The technology required …
1 April 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: The Bus Services (Wales) Bill
… bit like waiting for a bus in Wales, after a long wait and, at times , wondering whether it would ever arrive, I’m very glad to finally see the statement today on the bus services Bill. This …
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Special measures at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board—One year on
… significant issues within the management structure that still haven't been fully fixed. Granted, it does take time , but we are a year down the track. In amongst all of this, in the bigger picture of things, there … are real people—patients, a stretched workforce, residents that I'm elected to represent. They've been waiting a long time for these issues to be fixed—not just this past year, but for years and years beforehand …
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… still waiting for the Minister's workforce plan, which was promised for this month; given that there are a few hours left in the day, we remain in hope that it will come in time . Oh, there are … the target from 26 weeks and what steps are being taken to address the situation of those waiting a considerable time in some health board areas? Thank you …
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
… because her case was classified as 'suspected' rather than 'diagnosed' cancer, she was excluded from the target time pathway. She waited a year, an agonising year, for her appointment, and such delays are not just failures of the … their families. We need stronger leadership, clearer accountability and urgent action. The Welsh Government must set a clear time frame for meeting its failing targets, clarify the status of its cancer improvement plans and implement the Audit Wales …
16 September 2024 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. Yes, I think the first time it was considered by the committee was 29 January this year, where it was agreed to write back to the Deputy Minister sharing the petitioner's detailed responses and … the focus will be on where people live, and so it's highly likely we'll be waiting some fair time for this to be considered. Forgive me, Chair, I have some sympathy with the frustrations when people …
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 2 - Colleges and Apprenticeship Providers
… qualifications, et cetera, but the point being made is a fair one that it could be more timely . We're waiting , obviously, for the Welsh Government to reveal the short, sharp, action-focused policy statement on post …
15 September 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Universal Credit
… way. Yesterday, in answer to Adam Price's question on this matter, the First Minister suggested he would wait for the Welsh Affairs Committee to report, following its current inquiry into the benefits system in Wales and the … been a Member of this Senedd for only four months, and I've already heard too many times , 'Let's wait and see. We're looking at it'. When crisis befalls us, we must act …
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS winter pressures
… that you want to do everything you can—it's one of your top priorities—to drive waiting for treatment times down. This is a position where treatment is available just a few miles up the road …
15 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… aware that children are now having to wait up to five years for that assessment to take place. In a child's lifetime, five years is a huge length of time . That's clearly having an impact … briefly outline why you think that, in a place like north Wales, children are having to wait that length of time , and why you think that the pressure on assessments is not being met currently. I know that …
2 February 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
… the innovations. We need the leadership to be able to do that. And if you haven't got time in your job plan to do that, it's a challenge. I think he should be commended on his … around the corner? Is there something about reducing the thresholds and just testing something while patients are waiting a long time , sometimes many years, for more routine tests?' And I think the issue around transnasal endoscopy and cytosponge …
14 March 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with ADSS Cymru and BASW Cymru
… can stop Mrs Jones from falling and having to go to hospital and then having to wait a long time before being able to return home, that's something we need to focus on, and exactly the same … Môn, there's a fitness group called Nifty60s, and there are examples there where individuals have been on waiting lists for treatment, have been undertaking exercise in a safe place where there is no stigma, and they …
24 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
… were reinstated, but there are still considerable gaps in services, which are forcing many schoolchildren to wait a considerable amount of time for a bus at the end of the day. Other services are running so close … capacity that there have been times when they've been made to wait for the next bus, missing exams, being late for school, waiting in the rain, and, where there are empty places that sometimes can be bought …
1 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
… boards that will probably be affected, that Westminster will collaborate with the Welsh Government for the first time to tackle waiting lists in Wales. Could I therefore ask for your assessment of the constitutional implications of having another …
24 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
… wet wood, it's green wood as well that you shouldn't be burning. Anyway, we've waited a long time for this Bill to come forward, so why doesn't the Bill make provision for setting short … you commit to revisiting this aspect of the Bill? We want some short-term targets, because we've waited so long for this. Is that practical or not …
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 Wales Cancer Alliance
… information to help them while they’re waiting for test results—which is a hugely anxious time —and then also waiting for treatment …
25 October 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - Evidence session 9
… say that at the top of the list is the available funding. We are in, particularly, a time of austerity, and across the piece with education, funding is an issue, and obviously, then, this has a knock … enhance the environment, to make it appropriate, but what they say frustrates them is that sometimes they wait a long time for diagnosis and for specialist provision, and that is obviously a barrier to expediting what they need …