Ambulance Response Times

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 24 January 2023.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 1:37, 24 January 2023

(Translated)

Llywydd, I thank Rhun ap Iorwerth for that question. I've had a brief opportunity to have a look at the plan that Plaid Cymru published today. What the pressure on the ambulance service means is that demand for health services over the winter has been very great—greater than at any time in the history of the NHS. We have a plan already. Of course, we're willing to consider the points in the Plaid Cymru plan to see whether there is more that can be done. But, through the financial investment that we're making, but also, as I said in my reply to Jane Dodds, our investment in more people to work in the area, that's the way to try and help us to do better in the future.