7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS Capacity

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:39 pm on 17 October 2018.

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Photo of David Lloyd David Lloyd Plaid Cymru 5:39, 17 October 2018

(Translated)

It's a pleasure to take part in this debate today on the capacity in the NHS here in Wales. Of course, as has been said, the health service here in Wales is under great strain throughout the year. In my practice in Swansea, we have a couple of hundred phone calls from patients every morning of the week, and there was one Monday a couple of months ago when we had 700 calls. Then, as GPs, nurses and so forth, we have to cope with that great burden, in a situation, of course, where we have a shortage of staff and also a shortage of resources to look after these people.