Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:31 pm on 17 October 2018.
Thank you for the question. We have actually seen significant progress made on reducing delayed transfers of care right across our health service, including within north Wales. I and the Minister look at the figures every single month and where there is a falling back between health boards we absolutely make sure that action is taken and questions are asked. So, there's no lack of oversight or interest from Ministers in this Government about the progress that we've made, or complacency. That progress will be continued. It's only partly about resources: much of it is about working relationships, and, since I came into the department as a then deputy Minister, I can say there has been a significant improvement in relationships between health and local government, and that has led to an improvement in performance as well.
In the individual case you mentioned, whilst I can't comment on the individual circumstances, I can broadly say that where a delay of that length has taken place it is almost always because there is a complex care package that is not available for that person. What I would be interested in, though, is if you'd write to me, and either I or the Minister will investigate and come back to you with the detail in that matter.