4. 2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:58 pm on 7 February 2017.

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Photo of Steffan Lewis Steffan Lewis Plaid Cymru 2:58, 7 February 2017

Can we have a statement from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health on retrospective claims for NHS continuing healthcare funding? A constituent of mine has been waiting for almost four years for a decision on her application, and I’m led to believe that almost 1,000 retrospective claims are currently being processed. Four years is absolutely unacceptable for a citizen of this country to be waiting on a decision on a retrospective claim, so can we have no more ducking and weaving and passing the buck from Welsh Government on issues in the health service in respect of continuing healthcare funding? Can we have a statement to clarify that position and to hear what action, if any, Welsh Government is taking to rectify this?