The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department and is not readily available at this time. I have asked each health agency to forward this information directly to the Deputy.
Following the conclusion of the nurses' dispute, my Department has been working with health agencies to ensure that services to patients return to normal as soon as possible. This includes measures to address any backlogs emerging as a result of the industrial action. A meeting was held with the management of the health boards and voluntary hospitals to emphasise the importance to each agency of maintaining the downward trend in waiting list figures and to establish how they propose to achieve their service plan-waiting list targets.
I am determined to ensure that services to patients are delivered as efficiently and effectively as possible and that all agencies work intensively to achieve normal services following the recent industrial action.