Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 17 July 2018.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 2:03, 17 July 2018

(Translated)

This is the response that I’ve been hearing over five years of asking this question, to all intents and purposes, and we’ve heard reference to another damning report that has just been published recently. It is a beast of a health board; certainly the largest health board we have in Wales, and perhaps the biggest public body we have in Wales. But over the last three years, it has been in special measures and, therefore, it has been directly accountable to your Government, directly under the purview of your Cabinet Secretary, and therefore the buck stops directly with your Government. You can’t deny that. But tell us, how many more damning reports, and how many more scandals are needed before you'll accept that the situation as it currently exists is unsustainable and that it’s time for change, and that we now need to look again at the structures for delivering health services in north Wales?