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Some 39,485 patients sought elective treatment in England in 2022/23, figures have revealed. In Wales, more than 73,000 patients are waiting over 77 weeks - a year and a half - for treatment.
A mum whose daughter died at just 20 hours old after she was left on her own during labour has said major changes are needed ...
Up to a third of all staff sickness in NHS Wales is due to stress, depression or anxiety, figures show. At its peak, in the aftermath of Covid, there were 14,500 staff absences due to one of these ...
One woman says the Welsh NHS "can't be bothered" to send letters to patients to explain.
NHS Wales is piloting a new wound care app which equips district nurses to scan patients' wounds during home visits. The app, created by global technology company Healthy.io, integrates with existing ...
More than a quarter of a million patient pathways (260,859) currently on an NHS Wales waiting list have been on it for nine months or more, up on the 258,189 recorded the month before.
Gareth Davies, for the Welsh Conservatives, said waiting times had increased year-on-year in the 25 years since the NHS has been devolved to Wales and been the responsibility of the Labour government.
Labour’s “failed” leadership of the NHS in Wales has driven a near 40 per cent rise in the number of patients seeking treatment in English hospitals, the Tories have claimed.
Patients on long NHS Wales waiting lists should have the "right" to be treated more quickly by going to hospitals in England, according to Welsh Secretary David TC Davies.
The NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS), which oversees the delivery of IT systems for health and social care organisations across the country, attributed the problems to network issues at two of ...
Wales doesn't have the "purchaser-provider split" - the internal market where parts of the English NHS buy services from other parts. Instead the Welsh NHS operates through integrated health boards.