, Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
… opposition, because it isn’t good enough, bluntly, to come here to read a speech for the first time, listing all the things you don’t like and then telling us the things that you don’t know … this matter, and I noticed that at the time—he isn’t here this afternoon, unfortunately, but—back about 16 years ago, we were celebrating the fact that waiting lists had reached the lowest levels ever, in about …
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare
… one quarter of women in Wales report visiting their GP three or more times before being referred for tests, and one third report waiting more than three months from their first appointment with the GP to receiving …
, Plenary
Short Debate: The corporate takeover of vet practices in the purr-suit of profit to the detriment of pets and their owners
… the nutrition advice from their vet when the two have such a conflict of interest? At the same time, bills for pet owners have increased by more than 60 per cent—double the rate of inflation and increase … say that 30-50 per cent of cases could wait to be seen in the morning', she said. At the same time, non-compete clauses are being used to stop vets from leaving a practice that has been …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… whose family members have spent as long as 48 and even 72 hours waiting for a bed in the hospital. These sorts of times are completely unacceptable, and it seems to be very plain to me that …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… seen plague the return to school regarding school transport. Back-to-school is always chaotic at this time of year, but this year takes the biscuit. It has left thousands of anxious parents and children with no transport … rightly promote, yet we see children being put on public transport and waiting hours, potentially in the rain, before and after school because public transport timings don't fit around school hours. I could go on, and every …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: Tata Steel
… lost, such as those put forward by Plaid Cymru. Because you're waiting for a new UK Labour Government, but by that time it will be too late and we will have lost that blast furnace. So, are …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Report of the Ministerial Advisory Group on NHS Wales Performance and Productivity
… the best-performing healthcare system in the world, because people have waited far too long for this change? I think it's about time we actually had some concrete answers of how you're going to do that … the notes of those patients. You also referenced the £50 million allocated to health boards to bring down waiting lists, and, to give some credit, Cabinet Secretary, there are some signs that those lists are starting to fall …
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Ophthalmology services
… that surgical hubs can really help get waiting lists down across the NHS. It's not a new concept, it's been happening in England for a very long time, except we've never actually grasped the nettle … about delivery, though. It's how quickly these things can come online to make sure we're getting waiting lists down. Because I sat on that Health and Social Care Committee with the current Cabinet Minister, putting those …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: evidence session with the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru
… Welsh Government doing these things of their own volition? Why are they waiting for a generic report that comes out in another two years' time? They did the nosocomial investigation in 2022. There was another motive for that …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing supply
… number of individuals who entered temporary accommodation hit 10,000 for the first time. Approximately 90,000 households are on a social housing waiting list in Wales—8,000 in Cardiff, 8,500 in Swansea and almost …
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
… conscious we've had this in front of us now for about two years, and each time we've delayed it subject to the outcome of the UK Government consultation. That's just closed, I think … the outcome of that consultation. So, logic would dictate that we would wait longer, but I'm also conscious it has gone on for some time. So, I would say we just delay it until we know the …
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 2
… million. Will we get an extra £231 million, or will we have to wait for the outturn in 18 months or two years' time …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
… drivers having to work overtime, a record-breaking petition, a cycling race shortened and altered for the first time since its inception in 1981, 10,500 submissions to the councils for roads that should be changed back … students going to university is indeed falling. One in four people are on waiting lists in Wales, and they are at an all-time high, with seven health boards indeed in special measures. You're constantly cash-strapped …
, Plenary
Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2023-24
… was disappointed that more couldn't have been done, especially at a time when Wales continues to lag behind England when it comes to NHS waiting lists, with over 30,000 waiting over two years in Wales, compared … supplementary budget to help address these issues via any means available. We have all agreed here, and many times today, how important our NHS is, and every stop should be pulled out to make sure that the NHS …
, Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges'
… when they attend at accident and emergency departments, and allow ambulance response times to be shorter, because ambulances are not tied up at hospitals waiting to discharge patients if that flow through hospitals is improved …
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1456, 'I demand a full public enquiry into the closure of Welsh Air Ambulance bases in mid and North Wales'
… safety vacuum. The Cabinet Secretary references improving amber category response times in Powys, but they do nothing to change the fact that a man in my constituency waited hours for an ambulance, only to die of a heart … while rural residents face real and immediate danger. While we hear the talk of rounded proposals, including night-time capabilities in north Wales, none of that protects the farmers in my constituency, the walkers in the Elan valley …
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Ophthalmology services
… see the whiteboard at school or a grandparent that wants to recognise the face of their grandchild, timely eye care makes a difference between living independently and losing that independence. That's why this debate matters. My message … receive safe, timely, high-quality care. Alongside that, we need better workforce planning, stronger digital infrastructure and a long-term strategy to match these growing demands. This debate is far more than waiting lists; it's about protecting …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Ophthalmology Services on Wales: evidence sessions - Panel 4
… different times, and you need different specialists at different times as well. So, if what is in the plan is enacted, that would get the waiting list down, and that is a long-term plan, but …
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
… able to plan over a slightly longer period of time is effective for the delivery of public money. It's far better than chop and change and a wait until every February to know whether you can continue …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
… have a central waiting list that we've had to set up ourselves within the health board, which is administrative and resource person heavy at this minute in time. We've brought in QR codes, we've brought … that I've got 3,000 patients waiting on that list, but I don't know whether or not they've already accessed somewhere else at this minute in time. So, I think, if you're looking …