Commenting on the latest NHS statistics for Wales, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister said: “These latest statistics are further evidence of Labour’s gross mismanagement of our Welsh NHS. “When Labour should be tackling waiting lists and fixing our broken NHS, they are spending precious resources on more politicians in Cardiff Bay. They…
Commenting as junior doctors in Wales begin a three-day strike and on a Welsh Conservative Written Question revealing the additional cost of meeting the independent pay review body recommendation, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister said: “These strikes will harm our Welsh NHS, which is already contending with the longest waits for treatment…
Responding to an expert claiming Cardiff Airport lacks a unique selling point (USP), Natasha Asghar MS, Shadow Transport Minister, said: “Labour Ministers have sunk nearly £200m into Cardiff Airport to prop it up after year upon year of financial losses. “With passenger numbers dwindling and no current signs of Labour selling the airport to a…
Responding to the Prime Ministers’ announcement of £220 million to deploy new technology to boost productivity in the farming sector, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “This announcement from the Prime Minister shows the chasm of difference between the Conservatives and Labour when it comes to supporting our farmers. “While the…
Responding to the poll commissioned by the Country Land and Business Association in Wales that has found just 3% of Welsh farmers trust the Welsh Government, Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, Samuel Kurtz MS, said: “This survey result is a damning indictment, yet isn’t all too surprising, given how the Welsh Government has treated farmers…
Responding to a written question answer from Labour’s Education Minister on male teacher recruitment, Laura Anne Jones MS, Shadow Education Minister, said: “Labour claim to be doing all they can to solve the teacher shortage in Wales, yet once again they wash their hands of the responsibility of teacher recruitment. “There is a worrying shortage…
Responding to the publication of Cardiff Airport’s full accounts, Natasha Asghar MS, Shadow Transport Minister MS, said: “Labour have sunk nearly £200m into Cardiff airport and this year alone the Airport has lost £9.2m. “We were told Qatar Airways were coming back in December, yet here we are in February and there is no sign…
At the last census, there were 100,000 more Welsh resident patients registered at GP surgeries in Wales than there are people in Wales. As GP surgeries are paid for patients on their lists, this means that nearly £12 million may be going towards ‘ghost patients’. Russell George, Welsh Conservative Health spokesman, said: “People across Wales…
The Labour Health Minister has confirmed for the first time, in response to a Welsh Conservative Written Question, the number of children waiting for NHS treatment in Wales: 53,848, including 1,229 children waiting two years or more. Commenting, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister said: “NHS waiting lists are unacceptably long in Wales,…
Responding to a written question response from Labour’s Rural Affairs Minister, Samuel Kurtz MS, Shadow Rural Affairs Minister, said: “It is unacceptable that Labour can introduce post-movement test without any consideration of the financial impact on farmers. “Once again Labour shows that they dictate to, rather than work with, our farmers and rural communities, showing…
