On the day Wales recorded its worst-ever ambulance delays and historically long treatment backlog, there was no good news for those in North Wales either.

Last month, an astonishing 53% of patients spent more than four hours in emergency departments in Wrexham Maelor Hospital and Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, making them Wales’ worst performing A&Es. 

Across the entire Betsi Cadwaladr health board area, just 63.3% of patients spent less than four hours in an emergency department with three out of every ten patients spending longer than 12 hours in Glan Clwyd Hospital's A&E. 

Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for North Wales Darren Millar MS said:

 “What patients and NHS staff across North Wales are experiencing is devastating.

 “To spend longer in A&E and than anywhere else in Wales shows just how little progress the Welsh Labour Government has made in tackling deep rooted problems in the NHS in region.

 “The Welsh Health Minister must take urgent action to establish surgical hubs and deliver on the promise to establish a new North Denbighshire Hospital to alleviate pressure on Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. 

“The people of North Wales deserve are fed up of excuses, we want rapid action to improve services."

In addition, over 3,000 people had to wait over 12 hours in North Wales A&E departments, less than half of ambulance responses to red (life-threatening) calls arrived within the eight-minute target, and over two-thirds of amber ambulance calls took over an hour to reach the patient.

The North Wales health board was also the worst in the nation for those waiting over a year for NHS treatment, with 45,393 people experiencing such delays.