Waiting lists have stopped rising for the first time in three years in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, the chief executive of the region's health board has said. Mark Hackett said the drop in referral to treatment times for outpatients occurred in February.
Speaking at a meeting of Swansea Bay University Health Board, he said: "That is a terrific achievement, but we have a long way to go in terms of bringing down those waiting lists to acceptable levels of waits. But that is what we are determined to do."
Waiting lists across the NHS built up during the Covid pandemic, leaving some patients increasingly immobile and in discomfort while waiting for treatment. Swansea Bay University Health Board has been shifting and expanding planned surgery from Morriston Hospital, which specialises in acute and emergency care, to Singleton Hospital. Additional planned surgery will also take place at Neath Port Talbot Hospital. You can get more Swansea news and other story updates by subscribing to our newsletters here.
