Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Andrea Leadsom and Robin Millar

Wednesday 18th October 2023 Commons Chamber

[Dame Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con)]

3. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of Welsh Government policy on health authorities on cross-border healthcare.

[Robin Millar (Aberconwy) (Con)]

13. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of Welsh Government policy on health authorities on cross-border healthcare.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Dr James Davies)]

Of course, I work within the NHS in north-east Wales and west Cheshire and see the stark realities of the disparity in healthcare services between the two. It is concerning that the Welsh Government have missed their target to eliminate two-year waits in most specialties and that more than 27,000 patients have been waiting over two years for treatment in Wales, compared with circa 280 in the whole of England. The Health Secretary has offered to consider requests from the Welsh Government to use alternate providers in England to reduce waiting lists and the distress that they bring.