6. Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report — 'Waiting well? The impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales'

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:13 pm on 29 June 2022.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 4:13, 29 June 2022

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We have established a committed team. The national recovery director will lead the health service to ensure that our recovery programme is delivered. Every health board has been given additional funding to be used to help them to transform and to deliver locally, and some of that funding will be used to support patients on waiting lists.

Now, in the eight weeks since we launched the plan, there has been significant progress made. I just want to give you a few examples. Capacity for surgery has increased in Hywel Dda—they've bought temporary theatres for the Prince Philip Hospital—and there are two new theatres established for cataract care in Cardiff and the Vale, meaning that it will be possible to have 4,000 more surgeries in a year.