Access to Orthopaedic Surgeons

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 20 November 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:10, 20 November 2018

Well, there's always a level of cancellation that takes place beforehand in order to create the spare capacity for the winter period, given the winter pressures that we've seen over the last few years, although I would argue that certainly last year and the year before, those pressures were dealt with even though they were substantial and took up a lot of staff resources and time. Of course, health boards have to have in place their winter plans, which over the past few years have proven to be durable and I've no reason to suspect that that won't be the case this year.