A health board under the direct control of the Labour Welsh Government has been accused of a second attempt to privatise a major NHS service in north Wales. Last year, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board backtracked over plans to privatise … Continue reading Welsh Labour hypocrisy over NHS privatisation
Arbitration call to solve ban on Welsh patients The dispute at an English hospital over Welsh patients has been compared to a similar situation affecting Gobowen hospital back in 2006. Back then, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) in … Continue reading Health bosses urged to settle disputes as ‘grown-ups’
Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM has today challenged the First Minister to take decisive action over the Countess of Chester Hospital’s decision to bar Welsh patients from referrals. Llyr Gruffydd has raised the matter of patients from Wales being barred … Continue reading First Minister challenged over Countess of Chester Hospital “holding patients to ransom”
Wrexham Maelor’s A&E department was the only one in Wales where a majority of patients waited more than four hours for treatment. 51% of patients attending Wrexham waited more than four hours compared with 77% across Wales in January. The … Continue reading Wrexham Maelor A&E waiting figures worst in Wales
Health Board still in crisis after four years of direct Labour Government control In response to the Health Minister’s announcement that Betsi Cadwaladr health board was remaining in Special Measures, Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM, said: “Any improvement in … Continue reading ‘When will you say sorry?’ for NHS problems
Last month, only 77.8% of people were seen within 4 hours. This is the worst record yet for any December to date. The target is 95%. Maelor Hospital, Wrexham is the worst performing A+E in the United Kingdom – there, … Continue reading North Wales has the worst A&E waiting times in the UK, according to government statistics
New dialysis unit will be run by private sector Labour’s commitment to the NHS in Wales has been questioned after it emerged that a new dialysis unit in north Wales will be run and staffed by a private firm. Plaid … Continue reading Labour betraying Welsh NHS with creeping privatisation
New dialysis unit will be run by private sector Labour’s commitment to the NHS in Wales has been questioned after it emerged that a new dialysis unit in north Wales will be run and staffed by a private firm. Plaid … Continue reading Labour betraying Welsh NHS with creeping privatisation
Betsi Cadwaladr health board has been accused of “organisational chaos” after revealing that it doesn’t keep checks on how long it allows enhanced care at home or how much it costs. Home Enhanced Care Services is currently offered to people … Continue reading Betsi home care service ‘chaos’ under fire
Plaid calls out the Welsh Government for their “policy of privatisation” There has been a dramatic increase in the amount Health Boards have spent on outsourcing to private sector healthcare providers. Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price criticised the Labour Welsh … Continue reading Health Boards see dramatic increase on private healthcare funding
