6. Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:24 pm on 11 May 2022.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 4:24, 11 May 2022

Can I just make it clear also that we heard loud and clear when the UK Government published their planned care plan that they didn't have a workforce plan alongside it? Well, we are very aware that we can't deliver this without a very active workforce, and we have recruited 8,000 more staff into the NHS than we had in September 2019. That's about a 54 per cent increase in staff to the NHS in the past 20 years. That is a significant increase. Not enough, there's still more to go. But we're not starting from scratch here. We will need more staff in clinical and administrative posts, we'll need to use the staff we have effectively, and we're going to make much broader and better use of the skills and expertise of our staff, including our nursing staff and our allied health professionals, to support people while they're waiting for their appointments. [Interruption.] If you don't mind—. Go on, Altaf.