Reducing Inequality

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 28 November 2017.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 2:05, 28 November 2017

One of the entrenched inequalities in Wales is the disparity between the quality of the health service and the timing of the health service in north Wales versus other parts of the country. Why is it, First Minister, that my own constituents are twice as likely as constituents in Cwm Taf health board, for example, to be in an emergency department for four hours or more, and why is it that, in north Wales, one in 11 patients waits for 36 weeks or more from referral to treatment, versus just one in 83 down here in Cardiff and the Vale? This inequality is clearly unacceptable. I'm sure you would agree that that is unacceptable. What action are you taking to put this situation right, given that this health board is in special measures?