Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:41 pm on 5 March 2019.
The reason I am deputising for the First Minister today is he's in London representing Wales at an event there.
In relation to A&E waiting times, I am aware obviously of the number of cases in my own constituency. The problem is we have seen an unprecedented number of people attending accident and emergency, and I think we need to look at why that is. And I think there is more work to be done in relation to out-of-hours as well. But certainly we should also accept that we're seeing very high reported levels of satisfaction within the NHS and work is being done in emergency departments across Wales. I should say more than a million patients attended A&E departments across Wales last year.