Covid: Welsh NHS warns waiting list backlog could take years to clear

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The head of the body representing Welsh health boards delivers a bleak outlook to patients.

"There's the front door that has people arriving with needs of urgent care.

"Exactly the same for the ambulance service, it's not like it was pre-Covid. Ambulances needed to be thoroughly disinfected between calls. "Things are really tough, and I think we need to be honest with the public, it's going to continue to be tough for the foreseeable future. His warning was echoed by Health Minister Eluned Morgan in June when she said it would "probably will take the whole length of this Senedd term [five years] to get us back to pre pandemic levels".

 

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