Responding to the news that Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board has been given targeted support by the Welsh Government to help improve its performance, the Party of Wales North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd said:
“At long last the Labour Government is recognising that it has ultimate responsibility for health services, and this is a long-overdue intervention. With another overspend likely, poor performance against waiting list targets, and an on-going police investigation into one of its wards, it was high time that the Welsh Government took some responsibility.
“After highly critical reports by Public Health Wales and the Wales Audit Office, which found failings with senior management it was right that the former chair and former chief executive left their posts. The new leadership of the health board has inherited significant challenges that will not be addressed overnight. It is therefore essential that the Welsh Government gives it all the support it needs to turn its performance around.
“It is the Labour Government that sets health policy and allocates funding to Betsi Cadwaladr, so it’s only right that it accepts its share of the blame. The Scottish Government has adopted a much stronger system of performance management to improve its NHS, and the Welsh Government must be more effective in challenging poor performance head-on.”
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