Thank you to the Conservatives for bringing this debate forward; it's a very important debate. Back in 2013, I, Mark Jones and campaigners from Blaenau Ffestiniog, Prestatyn, Llangollen and Flint established the north Wales health alliance to oppose the changes that were being forced on the people of north Wales against our will. It was all put forward under the heading, 'Healthcare in North Wales is Changing'. Yes, our health service changed, but not for the better. Two years later, the board was placed in special measures.

In the nine years since then, the board has had four chief executives. Indeed, Betsi Cadwaladr could challenge any Premier League club for the longevity of their managers. What we're seeing is an urban model of service provision being forced on a rural area without any consideration given to the needs of isolated and remote communities. Why should people in the Dysynni area, for example, see their doctors leaving, their dentistry being lost and their pharmacy closing? Why should my constituents in Dwyfor Meirionnydd have to have just two community nurses on call in such a vast area at night, with one occasion where they had to go from Tywyn in the south of the county to Morfa Nefyn in the north in one call? Why should an 82-year-old woman have to wait 13 hours in A&E before being seen, without food or drink, never mind the vascular, urology and mental health problems, all of these things that we are aware of?