In Wales, Healthcare and the NHS are devolved and the responsibility of the Labour Government in Cardiff.
Last year the UK Government gave Wales £19.2 BILLION - its largest funding settlement since devolution. For every £100 the UK Government spends per person in England, they give the Welsh Government £120. Yet many people on Anglesey find it hard to get a GP, hospital or dental appointment.
Since becoming your MP I have received thousands of letters and emails concerning inadequate health provision. That is why I recognise that it is important that I push for improvements to address to your concerns about ambulance waiting times, understaffing, poor mental health services and and other failures in the health system.
I have a background in health and that is why I:
- Meet regularly with the Chief Executive and top team of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) to highlight issues and identify solutions.
- Worked closely with the team representing Hwb Iechyd Cybi to recruit GPs where some of the most acute GP shortages on the island have been affecting the patient experience.
- Wrote to the Ministers at the MoD on behalf of the Welsh Ambulance Service when they needed additional armed forces resource to staff ambulances in the winter.
- Assisted with the introduction of local Covid vaccination clinics when GP surgeries were struggling to meet targets.
- Launched successful campaigns on mental health first aid and to bring defibrillators and defibrillator training to Anglesey.
I know that the NHS teams on the ground are doing what they can to treat local people, and I offer my sincere thanks for their hard work, but they are delivering services against a backdrop of extreme underfunding. For that reason I will continue to press for the best health services for local people.
Sign up below to join my campaign to improve access to healthcare on Ynys Môn. Your voice and your experiences matter and together we can send the Labour Government in Cardiff a clear message that they must invest and improve healthcare on Ynys Môn.
You may also want to look at my campaign to improve GP services and bring a new Health Centre to Holy Island (Ynys Cybi) here.
