The health board is not yet ready to be moved out of special measures. I can say, for example, that the health board has virtually eliminated diagnostic waits over 8 weeks, with March 2017 being 94 per cent lower than March 2016. This is the lowest the health board has been since the standard was introduced in April 2010. Cancer performance in the health board is consistently amongst the best in Wales. March performance figures are 92.5 per cent for the 62-day target, the best performance since January 2016, and 98.6 per cent for the 31-day target. I can say that BCU has significantly improved the percentage of CAMHS referrals seen within 28 days from 18 per cent in April 2016 to 89 per cent in March 2017. The number of delayed transfers of care in Betsi Cadwaladr reduced again in April down to 90, there have been reductions in five out of six months since October 2016, and that figure is 41 per cent lower in October, and 40 per cent better than the same period last year.

That’s a real achievement, just to give you some examples, given winter pressures and year-on-year increases in demand for health and social services. If there’s one thing I can say: as I have spoken to people on the doorstep all across the north of Wales, the last thing they want is the Tories in charge and Jeremy Hunt in charge.