NHS Wales: Covid impact to be felt for years, boss says

But Mr Hughes said the pressure was not limited to hospital services, with funding and staffing difficulties leading to "phenomenal pressure" on social care within the community.

The Welsh government is expected to publish its plan to deal with the backlog of people waiting for treatments on the NHS next week. As one patient may be on several "pathways" to treatment, the number of patients affected will be lower.There was also an increase in calls to the Welsh Ambulance Service during February - the ninth month in a row that more than 100 life-threatening calls were made each day.

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