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”
Trial support for A&E must continue says Plaid AM The pressures facing two Emergency Department in north Wales have been highlighted by a pilot project run by the Red Cross. Of the 9,000 patients supported across Wales in a one-month … Continue reading Red Cross scheme shows need for more hospital support
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
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
Nurses working in a Welsh dialysis unit have challenged First Minister Carwyn Jones to back them against plans to privatise their jobs. The nurses based in Wrexham, Bangor, Alltwen (Porthmadog) and Welshpool face being transferred from the NHS to a … Continue reading Nurses challenge First Minister over dialysis privatisation plans
Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd said the plans to outsource Wrexham Maelor’s Dialysis Unit were at an advanced stage and he had been approached by concerned health board staff about the implications. Mr Gruffydd said: “The contract to provide … Continue reading Dialysis services in Wrexham Maelor could be privatised “under First Minister Carwyn Jones’s watch”
