South Wales Central Conservative MS Andrew RT Davies has called on Senedd ministers to take responsibility for NHS waiting times in Wales, with the number of people waiting two years for treatment rising yet again.
The NHS is the responsibility of the Senedd in Wales, where almost 9,000 people in Wales have been waiting two years or more, compared with just 168 in England.
Nearly 1-in-4 Welsh people are currently on an NHS waiting list.
Mr Davies said Vale patients’ experiences were the fault of Senedd ministers, who’d neglected the NHS.
He pointed out they’d cut the health budget in Wales, the only part of the Britain where this has happened – while funding ideological vanity projects like their County of Sanctuary for asylum seekers, 36 more Senedd members, 20mph speed limits and Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan.
He called for all these projects to be scrapped, with the resources diverted towards core services.
Mr Davies said:
“My inbox is full of Vale patients facing unacceptable delays for NHS treatment, and Senedd ministers must take responsibility for this.
“Senedd ministers cut the NHS budget in Wales, yet they’ve found cash to create a Nation of Sanctuary for asylum seekers, 36 more politicians and an Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan.
“Scrap these ideological vanity projects and fund our NHS.”
ENDS
NOTE: Link to the latest statistics for NHS waiting times in Wales can be found here