, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - evidence session
… the First Minister went out and met the people of Wales. They said, 'We have to get the waiting times down for children to have their assessments.' We know that it's related to outcomes and attainment and … prioritised it. When the Cabinet Secretary put the additional money into the system last year to bring down waiting times across the board, that's why neurodiversity was incorporated into that. And, actually, what we did see …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… like to request a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding trauma and orthopaedic waiting times across Wales. The average waiting time for a first out-patient appointment in the Hywel Dda University Health … Board area is 18 weeks, and the average waiting time for someone to actually start treatment is 28 weeks, with 10 per cent of people waiting a staggering 79 weeks or more to start treatment following their referral …
, Plenary
Members' Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): An NHS first Bill
… Dirprwy Lywydd, our overriding responsibility as a Government is to deliver the programme for government. That means reducing waiting times, eliminating excessive waits and ensuring that patients receive treatment when they need it. People waiting for surgery, diagnostics … place to ensure accountability and transparency. Health boards publish planned care performance monthly, including progress against delivery trajectories, waiting times, activity and recovery plans. The Welsh Government scrutinises delivery weekly so that emerging issues can be addressed promptly …
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—'Waiting well? The impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales'
… the health service, and by the health and social care workforce, as they tackle the pandemic and the waiting times backlog. And, of course, we thank the social care workforce, including unpaid carers and volunteers, for all the … our health and care services that we need to see. Our report focused on the impact of the waiting times backlog, and what can be done to help people wait well. We are pleased that the Welsh Government …
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
… terms of the allocations within this supplementary budget, then just on, for example, the £100 million revenue for waiting times, that is a similar figure to what was announced by the previous Government, in the last financial year … spent on waiting times, but the way that we are using that money will have a longer term, sustainable output to how we look at that money, so it's not just moneys that we invest in reducing …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
And how does that affect—? Everyone I speak to out there just talks about waiting times: 'I've been waiting so many months', blah, blah, blah. So, how does that affect waiting times—the reality … you say to somebody saying, 'Look, I've waited so many months, I don't want to wait that time. I could die during that time'? So, how would you defend that …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Child and adolescent mental health
… services, and as I said in my intervention to Laura Anne Jones, we were in compliance with the waiting time targets prior to the pandemic, which is precisely why the previous children's committee called for a renewed … focus on early intervention, because they—the committee I chaired—recognised the progress that had been made on waiting times. Waiting time performance has deteriorated significantly from pre-pandemic levels, but this is in the context of increased …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Health emergency
… call a spade a spade. We only have to look at the NHS waiting lists, our A&E waiting times, our ambulance wait times, our dentistry wait times, our mental health wait times, to know that Wales … departments. I, myself, have been in that A&E department and witnessed 18-hour plus waits a few times in the last couple of years. There have been critical incidents declared at the Aneurin Bevan health board, following …
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes, thank you. There are two issues in the petition. The first is around waiting times, the second is around funding. On waiting times, the decision made doesn't apply to cancer care, urgent care or care for … care commissioned in England, which is an entirely normal process—that's commissioned in line with NHS Wales waiting time targets. So, residents of Powys should be treated in the same time as residents of anywhere else …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… would like a statement, please, from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on waiting times for general surgery within the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. I met a constituent who has been waiting for a gallstone … hospital in England, given Glan Clwyd Hospital doesn't have the capacity, the current absence of waiting time data from the health board has added to my constituent's concern. Many of us would like to know what …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service
… have to say, particularly around the issue that's been touched on by Mabon already, which is waiting times. There are many issues we can look at within the NHS and within care; waiting times is not just … into the right ward and through to the right treatment and out there, but those wider issues of waiting times. I've reflected in this Chamber before that, amongst the tough situation we're seeing, we are seeing …
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Ophthalmology services
… behalf of the Welsh Conservatives, we can confirm we will be supporting you in today's vote. Ophthalmology waiting times and lists are indeed unacceptably long. It's something that we all know and it's something that … Outdated and unsafe hospital facilities with leaky roofs, cramped spaces and broken equipment were disrupting surgery and extending waiting times. Not too long ago, Newport patients arrived at the Royal Gwent Hospital for prearranged surgery at the ophthalmology …
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—'Waiting well? The impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales'
… Russell George's chairmanship, for bringing forward today's debate and report, 'Waiting well? The impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales'. As someone who isn't a member of the committee, I found this … report extremely important, as the current waiting times across Wales impact everyone, and sadly impact my region of North Wales probably the most. In contributing to today's committee report debate, I'd like to highlight just three …
, Plenary
Short Debate: Cancer inequalities in Wales
… they need to travel to get to a hospital. And what about when you've had the diagnosis? Waiting times for treatment can also be worse if you happen to live in one of these areas. In March … NHS cancer waiting times showed that only 55.3 per cent of patients started their first treatment within 62 days of first being suspected of having cancer. That is the highest performance since the beginning …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… call for a statement, please, from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care this afternoon on unacceptable waiting times for gastroenterology care and the impact this is having on people with severe eating-related disorders. Across Wales … patients on referral-to-treatment waiting lists has soared to around 781,000 pathways, and routine gastro waiting times have exceeded three years in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, creating a backlog and delay in care. Those with …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Can I thank the Member for that supplementary question? I share his concerns about the continued difficulties with waiting times in Cardiff and Vale. I have met Cardiff and Vale three times separately to discuss, in detail, their … approach to managing their waiting times. I think it is important to recognise that they face particular challenges in Cardiff and Vale. Two thirds of children who are waiting in Wales are actually on the Cardiff and Vale …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… like to call for a statement this afternoon from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on waiting times within the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. I have been contacted by a constituent who was originally advised … years since referral. My constituent's concern is whether cancelled or indefinitely delayed procedures risk being excluded from waiting time data completely, giving the appearance of improved waiting times. These concerns are strengthened by recent reports that the …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting times
… for another opportunity to set out how the Welsh Government is helping the health service to reduce long waiting times. The First Minister and I have been entirely clear that reducing the longest waiting times is our main … two years, as compared to almost 10 per cent when the figures were at their peak. The long waiting time for diagnostic tests have reduced by 35 per cent. Also, the waiting time on average between referral and …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I have a statement, please, on patient waiting times in Glan Clwyd Hospital in my constituency? They have started to see slow improvements in waiting times at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, particularly with cancer treatment, but … recently as May this year, as their emergency departments are currently under extreme pressure, and extremely long waiting times are to be expected. I’m unsure what has caused this recent spike in excessive waiting times at Glan …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Waiting Times
… hope so, because it's in all of our interests, each and every one of us, that these waiting times are reduced, so that we can allocate resources and public focus on the cases that are at the … here, because we've been here before. At the end of 2023, we saw small, similar reductions in waiting times at that point. The then health Minister, now the First Minister, gave an assurance that we had turned …