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NHS Wales performance data released
The latest NHS Wales performance data has been published.
The results show that the longest waits have been reduced, with the number of pathways waiting more than two years 12 per cent lower in June than the peak in March. In June 2022, just over 88,000 patient pathways were closed, a 4 per cent increase on June 2021.
The wait for diagnostic services fell, from 5.7 weeks in July to 5.6 weeks in June and the average waiting time for treatment fell in the latest month from 22.6 weeks to 21.6 weeks.
A Welsh Government spokesperson said: "We continue to invest in urgent and emergency care services. The Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Programme, launched earlier this year is supported by a £25m annual budget, and we have recently announced an additional £3m to increase emergency ambulance capacity through the recruitment of between 100-150 additional frontline staff.
NHS Wales also recorded the highest level of demand on record for immediately life-threatening ambulance calls.
The government spokesperson said: "Given the significant challenges the Welsh ambulance service has been experiencing, a national ambulance improvement plan has been agreed by NHS Wales chief executives to deliver a wide range of actions to support better management of 999 demand in the community, increased ambulance capacity, improved responsiveness to people with time sensitive complaints and ambulance patient handover. We have started to see improvement in ambulance patient handover performance in some areas, which will help to improve patient experience and outcomes, and free up ambulance capacity to respond to urgent calls in the community."
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