The NHS is Wales is not functional and people do not have faith in it, the head of a doctors' union has claimed. Dr Iona Collins, of the British Medical Association in Wales, said that people suffering with chest pain "don't even know" if an ambulance will turn up.
The latest figures from NHS Wales performance data showed that ambulance response times last month were the second worst on record in Wales, with waiting times in emergency departments also having worsened. The figures additionally show that a higher percentage of people are waiting two years or more for treatment in Wales than England. Figures for February show more than 37,000 people are waiting over two years for treatment in Wales, which is around 5% of those waiting. That figure is down from around 60,000 last July - 8% of the total. However, figures for England are much lower and currently stand at 0.014%.
The Welsh Government said it has committed more than £1bn extra worth of funding and is working hard to help the NHS recover from the Covid pandemic.
