WELSH LABOUR was accused of “normalising low expectations” after the latest NHS figures today showed the number of people waiting more than two years for treatment remained at just over 7,400 in June.

This is almost 90 per cent lower than at the peak in March 2021 and a 27.4 per cent decrease from May.

The figures also show a reduction of more than 2,000 on the overall waiting list.

But Plaid Cymru criticised the government after the figures showed it had still not met any of its five targets to reduce or eliminate certain waits within the NHS in Wales set in the Planned Care Recovery Plan in 2022. 

The party’s health spokesman, Mabon ap Gwynfor, said: “Any progress is welcomed, but this see-sawing of data is completely unsustainable.

“Labour have had countless opportunities over decades to reduce waiting lists, but they continue to fail, even when compared against already diluted targets.”