Hospital Waiting Times

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:43 pm on 20 March 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:43, 20 March 2018

It has already happened, because the number of people waiting over eight weeks for one of the diagnostic tests at the end of December was 38 per cent lower than at the same point last year. We have invested heavily in diagnostic tests in order to get the waiting times down, and the figures are beginning to show that. Yes, it is, of course, right to say that there is, as ever, increased year-on-year demand in the NHS, but that doesn't mean, of course, that waiting times inevitably will keep rising, as the figures show.