<p>Waiting Times in North Wales</p>

Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 3:29 pm on 1 March 2017.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 3:29, 1 March 2017

(Translated)

I’ve stood in this Chamber a number of times in the past criticising the health board and drawing the Cabinet Secretary and others’ attention to a number of problems and frustrations, so it’s only fair that I congratulate when there is room to do that. In this context, I want to congratulate the health board on the use of the app on waiting times that has been produced—well, not produced, but, certainly, it is being used in north Wales now. As a parent, it is something that I’ve had cause to use, and I know of other parents who’ve used it. I was looking now—three hours in Glan Clwyd, a little over two hours in Wrexham Maelor, and no waiting time in the minor injuries unit in Denbigh. And so, I’m sure that you would join with me in congratulating the board—as you’ve recognised in the past—on this development.

But what I want to ask you, of course, is: what is being done to ensure that this best practice is adopted across Wales? But also, what investment is your Government making to enable Welsh health boards to make similar investments in this technology, which each and every one of us has, which, in turn, will help to tackle some of the very practical problems that the service is facing?