People in North Wales are suffering, perhaps even dying because the health board responsible for their healthcare has been failing for almost a decade. Despite this national scandal going on for nearly a decade, no-one appears to want to take responsibility for it.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is the largest public sector organisation in Wales. It has a budget of £1.9bn, covers just under a quarter of Wales’ population and employs 19,000 people.
In 2015 it was put into special measures by the Welsh Government’s then health minister Mark Drakeford, after “institutional abuse” of patients on a mental health ward. Fast forward eight years and Betsi is still in special measures. The intervening years have been a carousel of scandals, reports and high profile issues. You can get more story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
