The latest NHS statistics for Wales show that performance against the 62-day target for patients starting cancer treatment remains at 57% in February, down from 60.7% in December and well below the 75% target.
Median response times for ambulance red calls was 9 minutes 25 seconds, longer than the previous month and again missing the Government’s target response time.
Performance against the 4-hour target, where 95% of new patients should spend less than 4 hours in emergency departments from arrival until admission, transfer or discharge, improved but performance against the twelve-hour target worsened compared with the previous month.
The Accident & Emergency department target is for no patients should wait over 12 hours, yet in March, 10,939 patients waited 12 hours or more, worse than the previous month.
NHS treatment waiting lists remain at 687,968 pathways, the equivalent of nearly 1-in-4 Welsh people. The disparity in two-year NHS waits for treatment between Wales and England remains large, with NHS Wales two-year waits at 4,517, compared with only 189 in England.
The Labour Health Minister, now First Minister, Eluned Morgan promised to eliminate these waits for the last two years (by March 2023 and again by March 2024),but failed to meet these targets and still has not.
Commenting on the latest statistics, Peter Fox, Welsh Conservative Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, said:
“After repeated promises to cut waiting lists, these latest figures lay bare Labour and Plaid’s, record over the past 27 years; missed targets, broken promises and patients paying the price.
“Cancer waiting times are worsening, fewer patients are starting treatment on time, and there is no sign of improvement. Meanwhile, A&E delays and ambulance red call waits are getting worse, a clear sign the system is under growing pressure.
“The Welsh Conservatives have a credible plan to fix our NHS. We will declare a health emergency, increase the number of beds in our hospitals and create a Cancer Treatments Fund so that doctors can use the most innovative, life-saving treatments for cancer.”
A link to the latest Welsh NHS performance summary can be found here
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1. Performance against the 62-day target for patients starting cancer treatment has remained the same at 57% in February, the target is 75%.
2. The total number of patient pathways were 687,968 in February – the equivalent of nearly 1-in-4 of the Welsh population.
2. The estimated number of patients waiting for treatment was 543,400 in February.
3. Two-year waits are 4,517, compared with only 189 in England.
4. The Labour Health Minister, now First Minister, Eluned Morgan promised to effectively eliminate two-year waits by March 2023 and again by March 2024, but failed to meet these targets and still has not.
5. The average (median) time patient pathways had been waiting for treatment in February was 16.7 weeks, compared with 13.2 weeks in England.
6. In March, the proportion of patients waiting less than 4 hours in Welsh emergency departments was 64.2%, the target is 95%.
7. 10,939 patients waited 12 hours or more in Welsh emergency departments in March – the target is zero patients.
9. For Ambulance Red calls, the median increased to 9 minutes 25 seconds and the 90th percentile was 22 minutes 23 seconds. Meaning the response time targets for red calls were not met.
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