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Angela Burns MS

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Member of the Welsh Parliament for Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire.

Shadow Minister for Health and Social Services.

Angela is married to Stuart, is mother to two children and considers herself to be a countrywoman with a metropolitan heart. Angela was brought up in various countries throughout the world due to her father’s role in the military and when she left school her interest was caught by the world of business.

She has worked for companies as diverse as Waitrose, Thorn Emi and Asda as well as a number of smaller enterprises and has held positions up to and including Director level.

In the course of her various jobs Angela has lived and worked in London, Bristol, Rugby, Leeds and the United States, before settling with her family in Pembrokeshire.

Angela was elected as the Welsh Conservative Parliament Member for Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South in May 2007 taking the seat from Labour with a majority of 98 and was re-elected with increased majorities in the elections of 2011 and 2016.

During her time as an member of the Welsh Parliament she has served as Shadow Minister for Finance, Shadow Minister for Regeneration and Transport, Shadow Minister for Environment and Shadow Minister for Education as well as sitting on the Finance Committee and the Young People and Education Committee. During the Fourth Assembly she was appointed as one of the Welsh Parliament Commissioners which occasionally led to her deputising for the Presiding Officer in the Chamber.

Following the 2016 election Angela was appointed Shadow Minister for Health and Well-Being and sits on the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee as well as Chairing the Cross Party Groups on Sepsis, Medical Research and Rare Diseases.

News

Angela Burns AM

“Change of approach needed” to see fewer ALN pupils excluded

Thursday, 2 August, 2018

Children with ALN (Additional Learning Needs) are being significantly over-represented in permanent and fixed term exclusions from Wales’ schools, according to data obtained by the Welsh Conservatives.

Alcohol-Related Brain Damage increases by a quarter in Wales in five years

Alcohol-Related Brain Damage increases by a quarter in Wales in five years

Monday, 30 July, 2018

Alcohol-Related Brain Damage increases by a quarter in Wales in five years

 

Information obtained by the Welsh Conservatives show the number of patients admitted to Welsh hospitals have increased by 24% since 2012.

Angela Burns

Welsh Conservative response to Labour's new NHS plan

Monday, 11 June, 2018

Commenting on the publication of the Welsh Labour Government’s new strategy for health and social care, Shadow Health Secretary, Angela Burns AM, said:

 

Angela Burns

New figures show it is becoming harder to book a GP appointment in Wales

Friday, 13 April, 2018

New figures from the National Survey of Wales show one in five people struggled to book time at their surgery in Wales during 2016-17.

 

ABAM

Staff offered £500 bribe to tackle Welsh Labour’s nursing crisis

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018

A newly appointed contractor is offering a “fab” £500 bonus to attract nurses to fill vacant Welsh NHS posts.

The advert by ‘Just Nurses’ is aimed at new recruits and offers them the opportunity to “earn an additional £500 simply for registering and completing 10 shifts”.

Angela Burns AM

Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board: 28,871 work days lost due to staff suspensions since special measures

Tuesday, 2 January, 2018

A Freedom of Information request by the Welsh Conservatives has revealed the shocking number of days lost due to staff suspensions at the beleaguered Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

 

Angela Burns

Conservative Shadow Health Secretary responds to proposals for scrapping cancer targets

Friday, 24 November, 2017

The current cancer waiting times targets in Wales could end up being scrapped under plans announced by Welsh Government.

 

At present, there are two targets for cancer waiting times in Wales:

• Urgent route, starting within 62 days - target is 95%

Angela Burns AM

Inquiry call as hospital deaths caused by safety breaches more than double in 12 months

Thursday, 19 October, 2017

Deaths in Welsh NHS hospitals caused by breaches in patient safety have more than doubled since 2016, according to figures released today by Welsh Government.

Angela Burns AM

Historical failings of council’s child services left children “voiceless”, says AM in response to watchdog report

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017

Welsh Conservatives have responded to a social services watchdog report showing that children in Powys are at risk of harm because of historical failures in the county’s social services.

Angela Burns MS

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Cardiff Bay CF99 1SN

Cardiff: 0300 200 7216
Tenby: 01834 843052

angela.burns@senedd.wales
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