<p>Orthopaedic Treatment in North Wales</p>

Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:25 pm on 19 July 2017.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 2:25, 19 July 2017

(Translated)

More than 1,200 patients are waiting longer than a year for treatment in north Wales and that is unacceptable. I hope that you would agree with that. A recent paper from the board on developing orthopaedic services emphasises the need for more training places in order to provide the necessary workforce to create a sustainable service that can meet reasonable targets. Isn’t the statement that you made yesterday that there is no case for establishing a medical school in north Wales entirely contrary to the spirit of that paper and runs contrary to what was said in the recent health committee report? Of course a medical school cannot be established overnight, but your pledge to have more students spending more time in the north, as if it were some far-flung country, clearly isn’t enough. So, when are you going to show some ambition on this issue and set a target so that we can start to move towards it?