Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:53 pm on 19 September 2018.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 2:53, 19 September 2018

I have tremendous sympathy for the family for their loss. I don't want to try and use the position that they find themselves in to either take credit or to score points. I think the important point is that in every incident of this kind there is of course an internal review about what happened and what went wrong. We discussed earlier on another question about the real and lasting impact of where healthcare goes wrong, including the possibility that people will lose their lives. Of course, I expect any and every part of the health service, not just in north Wales, to properly learn from when healthcare does go wrong and to provide the reassurance that I think people will look for. I'm not looking to use a headline opportunity to arbitrarily dismiss people within the health service, but I do expect there to be proper accountability and learning, which is what I think the wider public expect.