Jane Dodds MS urges for targets for NHS cross-border care

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Jane Dodds has called on the Welsh Government to set clear targets as part of their cross-border care plans to cut down on NHS waiting lists.  Video from Senedd.tv

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00:00an efficient system in Wales first.

00:02Jayne Dodds AM, First Minister.

00:06Just following up on the question from James Evans there, and just wanting to concentrate,

00:11if I may, on elective treatments for patients in Brecon and Radnorshire who do go across

00:18the border.

00:19We're actually quite used to going to, for example, Hereford hospital for our treatment,

00:24and I'm pleased to hear that this will be bolstered after the announcement from the

00:30Labour conference, and I think backed up by the Welsh Secretary, Jo Stevens.

00:35So, you've appointed a group of experts to help with bringing down waiting lists here

00:41in Wales, but could I ask you specifically, please, how will that work in terms of the

00:48cross-border arrangements that were announced, and what targets do you have, and in what

00:55timescales do you have, in order to reduce the waiting lists, particularly for people

01:02living on the border as in Brecon and Radnorshire?

01:04Diolch yn fawr iawn.

01:05Jane Hutt AM, First Minister.

01:06Well, thanks very much.

01:07Well, as you say, we have got this group of experts now who've been appointed, and if

01:11you look at their CVs you'll see that these are genuine experts, people who want to help

01:16us out.

01:17One of the people on that group is the person who's presented and introduced the GERFT approach

01:23to best practice, that is, get it right first time, and that really looks at how we optimise

01:32work within our hospitals, and they go into hospitals, they tell them what they can do

01:38to tweak things, and that's precisely what we're talking about.

01:42There are hospitals in England where this has been introduced as working really well,

01:47there are some hospitals in Wales that have introduced part of it, but not all of it,

01:51so what we're hoping is this group will come in and specialise, look at how you can do

01:57that, how you can bring best practice and introduce it into Wales.

02:01And, of course, that cross-border work, as I mentioned earlier, 60,000 Welsh residents

02:06already going to England, I'm sure that that will continue as well.

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