Plaid offer 12-point Welsh health plan

Plaid Cymru has launched a 12-point plan for an improved Welsh healthcare system.

The manifesto includes reducing pressures on hospitals, including more treatments being carried out by GPs, new NHS walk-in centres, reversing privatisation of hospital cleaning services and increasing payments to care homes by local authorities.

Parliamentary health spokesperson, Hywel Williams MP said: “The NHS in Wales – and especially our hospitals – has reached crisis point with one in ten of the population stuck on a waiting list. Plaid Cymru believes patients in Wales deserve more respect and our hard-working doctors and nurses deserve better working conditions.”

He added: “Urgent action is essential and we believe our 12 Point Action Plan will drive down waiting lists and waiting times. What better time to send this message loud and clear than election time?”