Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:42 pm on 20 March 2018.
First Minister, a large number of out-patient appointments are for diagnostic tests, where we see massive waiting lists. In December, we saw over 20,000 patients waiting more than eight weeks, and over 1,000 patients waiting for more than 24 weeks. I hope you will agree with me that this is unacceptable and will get worse due to increased demand in the coming years. First Minister, how does your Government plan to increase capacity in diagnostics to ensure nobody waits more than eight weeks?