<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 2:29 pm on 19 July 2017.

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Photo of Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 2:29, 19 July 2017

Thank you to the Member from Ynys Môn for raising this once again in this Chamber. Now, according to the latest Welsh Government figures, the number of patients left waiting over 36 weeks, which is twice as long as long as in England, for trauma and orthopaedic treatment in north Wales now stands at 3,336. This is the highest it has ever been. Anecdotally, an 84-year-old female constituent of mine waited 103 weeks—84 years old—that’s over 720 days, almost two years, for their surgery. And a male constituent waited three years for hip operations. In response to my correspondence, you state that you expect all patients to be seen at the earliest opportunity. That is a laugh. What are you going to do about your failure to deliver for these 3,500 patients in north Wales? It’s your Government—you hold the brief and portfolio for health. And I have raised this question time and time again, and we get very, very waffly answers. Tell the people in north Wales—the 3,336 who have been waiting over 36 weeks, twice as long as in England—tell them when are they going to have their operations.