Labour-run Welsh NHS and a hospital under pressure with over 80 acutely unwell emergency patients waiting for beds
Morriston Hospital in the Swansea Bay area has been escalated to the highest level of alert, a Business Continuity Incident (BCI) has been issued following “extreme pressures in our emergency and unscheduled care services.”
During a Business Continuity Incident or ‘black alert’, the health board diverts staff from non-acute areas of healthcare, they also enlist the help of more agency staff and in some cases the military.
Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said:
“Following the black alert issued for Wales’ largest hospital earlier this month, I had hoped that no further hospitals would have to endure such extreme pressures as have been described at Morriston Hospital. This all boils down to 25 years of Labour mismanagement of our Welsh NHS.
“The Labour Welsh Government have no targets for reducing overall waits and have refused to listen to Welsh Conservative calls for a workforce plan in the vein of Rishi Sunak’s with a tuition fee refund for healthcare workers at its heart. Our Welsh NHS is critically understaffed.”
In a joint statement, Welsh Conservative Senedd Members for South Wales West, Dr Altaf Hussain MS and Tom Giffard MS added:
“Just yesterday the First Minister failed to reassure expectant parents that Swansea Bay maternity services are safe.
The Labour-run Welsh Government need to get a grip on the situation in Morriston Hospital quickly before it gets completely out of hand.
“The Labour Government would rather spend £120 million sending 36 more politicians to Cardiff Bay than reverse their real terms cut to our health service to support hospitals in the Swansea Bay area.”
Drakeford and his Labour government are cutting the Welsh NHS budget in real terms
