Waiting list dip but targets are still missed

According to the latest data, the number of patients in Wales in a waiting list has reduced by about 2,000.

A month ago, there were 800,395 known as the patient route in December from 802,268.

However, the number of patients waiting for more than 36 weeks has hit a record higher level – 284,586.

The goal of the Welsh government is not that the patient should wait for a long time.

Despite being set in March 2023, another goal of finishing the longest wait of more than two years is still not hit.

However, the number of people waiting for more than two years declined by 3% – from 24,361 to 23,621 people.

Reacting to the latest waiting list data, Health Minister Jeremy Miles said he was happy with progress in the overall waiting list and the longest waiting number of those who waited for the longest waiting list.

However, he said: “Still a long way to go and do a lot of work.

“But this set of data shows NHS’s plan that the effect of working to increase capacity and work for the longest time is beginning to have the effect.”

Miles stated that NHS and local authorities should “work together to improve the patient’s flow through health and care systems”.

Responding, Andrew RT Davis of Welsh Conservative said: “People in Wales will console a little in this recession on the way to the patient.

“Labor’s NHS after reaching record height after months and months of the waiting list, a short drawback is the first step in an incredibly long journey, and I have serious doubt that the focus of labor is to keep us on this path Is.”

Pland Cymru’s health spokesperson Mabon AP GWYNFOR said the latest number may “look positive, but it has taken a long time”.

He said: “We have seen the signs of the waiting list that have already come down, only for a long time for labor for a long time.”

Overall, patients on the routes – which can eat for patients that can be on mulitpal waiting lists – it is estimated that 616,547 of those patients are waiting for treatment.

Apart from the waiting list, the latest figures on cancer care have also been published, which show the best performance since August 2021.

They show that 61.9% of patients began treatment within 62 days in December – improvement in about 5% points at the same time of last year.

However, it is still less than the Welsh government’s target that 75% of patients should start treatment within that time.

Accidents in Wales and emergency departments also improved in waiting time, with a decline in the number of people participating in A&E – with 85,133 patients in January, below 2,000 patients from December.

It saw the number of people in A&E who were growing up to 67.6%within four hours. The target is 95%.

A little less patients got stuck in emergency departments more than 12 hours – 4% to 10,387. The target is zero.

Ambulance crew with about 34,000 999 calls in January are under rapid pressure.

This is a shortage of 4,300 calls from previous data.

It responded to the most serious 999 calls within an eight -minute target – 48.3%. However, this is still much less than a target of 65%.

The figures of the Welsh Ambulance Trust also suggest that more than 27,000 hours were lost in the delay of the handover by the ambulance crew – four times lost in the latest twelve months compared to 2017.