Financial Support as a result of Coronavirus Restrictions

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 21 October 2020.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 2:16, 21 October 2020

Thank you for that answer, Minister. It's not just businesses that have borne the brunt of the restrictions that have been imposed across Wales in recent months. We know that the national health service has seen waiting times absolutely balloon in recent months, and of course, in north Wales in particular, we already had the worst waiting times in the country. Can I ask you what specific support you're going to make available from the Welsh Government's budget to support the NHS to deal with this huge backlog of patients waiting for appointments and treatments? And specifically, will you support the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board with any strategy that it brings forward in order to eradicate those waiting lists and get back on top of them?