A report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has highlighted “massive” increases in waiting times for children and what they describe as the “devastating consequences of prolonged underinvestment in community healthcare”, resulting in longer waits.
Commenting, James Evans MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care said:
“Waits across the board are too high, but to see numbers, under Welsh Labour, remain so high for children is shameful.
“The RCPCH are right to call the situation “unsustainable”, we need to see these figures addressed, with staffing shortages clearly a key sticking point.
“The Welsh Conservatives agree with the RCPCH, we need to see early years support invested in. We also need to see a substantial workforce plan brought forward to better tailor staffing needs and boost children’s specialist numbers across the Welsh NHS.”
