Rhun ap Iorwerth: Formally.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Formally.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Formally.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Open the vote?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Will you take an intervention?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you, Chair, and thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Although we are talking about concerns about the future of ports in all parts of Wales, as the Member representing Ynys Môn I’m sure you will forgive me for focusing on Holyhead, the ancient, proud, maritime town that developed into the main crossing point over the Irish sea since Telford brought the A5 there...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: People across Wales have seen the tragic scenes of people, mostly Rohingya women and children, fleeing violence in Rakhine. This terrible violence has caused over 0.5 million people to seek refuge in Bangladesh. More than 500,000 people have crossed the border since 25 August and are in need of emergency food assistance; 300,000 people are in need of emergency shelter assistance. More than...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: William Williams Pantycelyn is one of the most prominent figures of Wales, there’s no doubt about that, not just because of his contribution to the Methodist reformation and the over 900 hymns that he wrote, many of them among the most popular today still, but also he made a huge contribution towards the cultural and educational development of Wales. He modernised the Welsh language, was...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: 6. What plans does the Welsh Government have to note the 300th anniversary of the birth of William Williams Pantycelyn this year? (OAQ51142)[W]
Rhun ap Iorwerth: There are two main elements to the statement and I thank the Minister for that statement. The first of those elements is that there’s been some praise of some elements of the integrated care fund—previously the intermediate care fund. I will take this opportunity, if I may, to remind the Chamber that that fund was part of a budgetary agreement with Plaid Cymru, and we’re pleased that we...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: We have a portrayal here of a situation that is under control. Of course, there are areas, be that geographic areas or areas of specialism, where great ground has been made and things are getting better. There are signs that things are getting better, but, certainly, for too many patients, especially in orthopaedics and ophthalmology, certainly in the Betsi Cadwaladr area, there is real...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you for that. I’m pleased that, in our pre-budget agreement, we secured funding to develop this project, which is needed not just because of the frustrations for people because of delays in crossing the bridge but in order to provide resilience for the crossing between Anglesey and the mainland. On 15 June last year, I made an appeal to ensure that the National Grid should make a...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: 8. Will the First Minister provide an update on plans for a third crossing across the Menai strait? (OAQ51176)[W]
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you, Llywydd, and I thank everybody who’s taken part in the debate today. We all bring experience, don’t we, to a discussion like this. Some of us, like Dr Dai Lloyd, bring professional experience, medical experience. The majority of us bring experience of speaking to health professionals within the NHS, and the pressure that they tell us often is on them, and all of us, no doubt,...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Will you take an intervention?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you for taking an intervention. Perhaps now is a good time to say that you will look at developing, using the new funding that we agreed pre-budget, and exploring year 1 to year 5 undergraduate, in partnership with Cardiff, Swansea, anybody else, in Bangor, not just the additional placements for students from elsewhere in the north.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you very much, Llywydd. One of our most valuable treasures, which is appreciated over and above every other public service in Wales, I’m sure I’m right in saying, is the health service, the NHS, and the most valuable resource of the NHS is its workforce—those people who, through a combination of their skills and their commitment, ensure that each and every one of us can get the...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Again, this is a message we hear time and time again, that this isn’t a specifically Welsh issue, this is a problem throughout the UK, whether it be recruitment or retention or whatever else, but we know that this is a service that is being provided in other parts of the UK. In fact, the North Bristol NHS Trust stroke lead has said that the failure to get a grip on things in Cardiff and in...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: You described there what you’d like to see happening in time, and you’re waiting for reports; you’ll consider reports. This is happening now, people waiting over 100 weeks, and my question specifically related to what could be done now in order to speed up the waits for people who have been waiting in pain, leading to further problems with their health. You often claim that waiting...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Diolch, Llywydd. Now, too many patients are still experiencing excessive waiting times for treatment, and I’d like to focus firstly on orthopaedic waiting times in Betsi Cadwaladr health board. I have a constituent who’s been clinically prioritised as needing urgent orthopaedic surgery. He has currently waited 66 weeks for this urgent treatment and isn’t expecting treatment until March...
