14 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… What is the Government doing to limit the time that ambulances are forced to wait in queues outside hospitals? OQ59276
14 July 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… focus, ironically, is that of cataract operations. People are having to wait two years or more for cataract operations. You'll appreciate, First Minister, during that time , that it can be debilitating for people, especially if they need …
2 February 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care-experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 3
… can't go anywhere with it because maybe they've made a referral and that waiting list might take a long time , or they're not in a position to make a referral because the child's just …
18 October 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… football pitch in Cefn Cribwr with a serious back injury. His mother said at the time that there was a disgraceful wait involved, five hours, and that the system is broken. Do you agree with his mother …
13 October 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Age Cymru and Older People's Commissioner for Wales
… only be able to afford to do a little bit of dentistry at a time , so there are more people waiting for treatment for longer as well, in that sort of sense. I spoke to one gentleman, who …
29 September 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Draft Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thanks, Chair. Good morning, both. This Bill has been quite interesting, because we've been waiting for it for quite some time . There are reasons behind that; part of it was looking to see what the UK would …
2 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Health and Care Priorities
… across Wales. For complete transparency, Llywydd, can I declare that my oldest brother works for Novo Nordisk? NHS waiting lists have now fallen for 10 consecutive months, thanks to the incredible work of NHS staff and the previous … question that has been asked twice now, I shall ask it for a third time . In opposition, you pledged to eradicate two-year waits within months. Minister, by when will two-year waits be completely eliminated in Wales …
24 March 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services
… live very close to Morriston Hospital, and Morriston Hospital has a lot of ambulances waiting outside it most of the time . You've talked about a whole-system approach. What are we going to do to try and …
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
… there are major issues with that area in relation to just resources and people on waiting lists for a long, long time . We want to emphasise it's not just the assessment of that person; it's the …
23 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Delivering on our priorities: Reducing waiting times and strengthening primary care
… Those that are neurodivergent wait more than two years for therapy. So, despite higher overall spending, outcomes are weaker because funding is not consistently directed and protected in a way that guarantees timely access to mental health support … fenced for mental health and patients on waiting lists are going to come down, what specific measurable changes will the Government make to ensure that mental health funding actually delivers timely care …
8 July 2026 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Ophthalmology services
… own pocket to have it done privately, or wait 100,000 years to have it done in my local hospital. We need to adapt with the times , and we need surgical hubs, efficient surgical hubs, but also …
26 November 2025 , Plenary
Topical Questions
… Cymru Wales said recently, the true scale of the long waiting lists are being obscured by the fact that, unlike in England, RTT, referral-to-treatment time , figures in Wales only reflect the period after the hospital … Can the Cabinet Secretary guarantee we will receive the relevant data in time to determine whether the promise given by Betsi Cadwaladr that two-year waits in the health board—which currently stand at over 5,000—would …
13 January 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
… have been some instances of some very vulnerable people who’ve been waiting simply too long to receive the care that they need at that time , and I’d be grateful if the Cabinet Secretary could outline how …
24 September 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The NHS
… last Senedd elections in 2021, almost 40,000 people have died in Wales whilst waiting for NHS treatment, as has been quoted many times during this debate so far. That is the human cost of the system falling … Cymru. While Ministers focused on constitutional tinkering, more politicians, 20 mph, patients were left languishing on ever-growing waiting lists. Nowhere is this failure felt more acutely than in north Wales, where, in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health …
5 March 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 6
… There’s also an implication around which learners access junior apprenticeships. Do you have to wait until you’ve been excluded several times until you’re offered this opportunity? It brings into question—a wider question—around what …
17 September 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Government priorities
… last week to do that. I'd suggest that, politically, that was time wasted on her behalf, but if you're a patient on a waiting list or a parent worried about your child's education, or looking …
15 May 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Bus Operators
… see that emerging. It feels like it’s taken a long time , and I’ve got a bit of sympathy for TfW. They’re waiting for this legislation to pass. This has been in the works for …
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
You wait for an accountability Bill to come along for 20 years and now, like re-regulated buses, two arrive simultaneously, because while we're discussing Stage 1 of this Bill here, next week is the Report Stage … political deepfake videos in the UK. Those videos were viewed—and wait for it, this is not a typo—1.2 billion times in 2025. Lying in politics is the wild west of impunity at the moment. George Freeman …
10 December 2025 , Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1534, 'End corridor care in Wales'
… corridor, and he was in and out of a corridor and back into the waiting room of A&E, where he spent time on the floor with his quilt and a pillow that he bought from home, which …
25 October 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
… time we took our next first step, that next inevitable step. It is time we changed our course; our destination is waiting for …