Poor state of Welsh health. The experiment with devolution has failed….

Poor state of Welsh health Letter in the Sunday Times 17th December 2019
Labour has announced it will outspend the Tories on the NHS and reduce waiting times. Here in Wales the NHS has been devolved to the Labour–led Welsh assembly since 1999. Waiting-time targets for most elective surgery are twice those in England (36 weeks as opposed to 18) and even then are often exceeded.

The Welsh NHS also performs considerably worse in A&E waiting times, with some health boards even allowing 12-hour waits.
Eleanor London, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan

Devolution of health to Wales was a mistake?

Wales is bust, and cannot pay for its citizens care. Devolution has failed. This is the thin end of a very large wedge..

The advantages of mutuality are being shunned. Purchasing power in small regions is little. Choices are disappearing.. Hammond is unlikely to help ..