South Wales Central MS and former Welsh Conservative Senedd Leader Andrew RT Davies has warned the increased prevalence of working from home in the public sector has led to a sharp and unacceptable fall in output in the NHS and other public services.
Mr Davies made the calls after a former senior civil servant suggested Welsh Government should sell its Cardiff headquarters, after it was revealed just 19% of staff come into the office each day.
Mr Davies said:
“While frontline workers have never been able to work from home, there’s been an increased prevalence since Covid of other highly paid staff, responsible for the administration of public services, failing to come into the office.
“This has without doubt led to a serious drop in output in our NHS and other public services – just look at waiting lists for one.
“The solution is not to sell off office space, but to use it.”
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