Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:32 pm on 19 July 2017.
There’s a link between waiting times and the number of staff that you’ve got working in the service. Recent figures have shown that the number of nurses and midwives in the UK leaving the profession has risen by 51 per cent in four years. Within these figures, released by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, home-grown nurses have been found to be leaving in the largest numbers. Now, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwives have both called for the pay cap to be scrapped to prevent this situation from getting worse. Do you not agree that it is time for you to fulfil the Welsh Labour manifesto pledge to scrap the cap, to ensure that nurses remain in post in Wales? Secondly, by ensuring that you stick to your manifesto commitment, you will help to prevent further damage to people’s trust in politics.