Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:37 pm on 15 June 2016.
Thank you, Llywydd. Two years ago, Plaid Cymru highlighted the frighteningly long waiting times for MRI scans in Wales as compared to Scotland and England, with over 40 per cent of patients at that time waiting over six weeks here, as compared to 1 per cent in England and 2 per cent in Scotland. Following on from that and some press coverage of the issue, you did make an effort to tackle the issue and those waiting times have now reduced: some 17.6 per cent of patients are now waiting over six weeks for a scan. Is that figure acceptable to you and what assurance can you give that the pattern of reducing the waiting times for MRI scans will continue?