DENBIGHSHIRE County Councillors have voted by 23-17, in favour of a Welsh Conservative motion to declare a health emergency in Denbighshire.
Though the final motion was amended and effectively ‘watered down’ by Labour Councillors, the health emergency declaration call remained.
The Welsh Conservatives have welcomed the vote, reiterating calls on the Welsh Labour Government to declare a Wales-wide health emergency “to ensure that the resources and efforts of government are focussed on cutting excessive waits for treatment.”
Commenting, James Evans MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care said: “I welcome the strong message sent by Denbighshire County Council to the Welsh Government, despite Labour’s attempts to water down the Welsh Conservative motion.
“We must declare a Wales-wide health emergency to ensure that the resources and efforts of government are focussed on cutting excessive waits for treatment.
“Unlike Labour, Plaid and Reform, the Welsh Conservatives have a plan to fix our NHS, increase the number of hospital beds, support the social care sector and to recruit more NHS staff, instead of creating 36 more politicians in the Senedd.”
