Carl Sargeant
Assembly Member for Alyn and Deeside

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

AM Welcomes Announcement


CARL SARGEANT AM WELCOMES NEW OPERATING THEATRES FOR NORTH WALES.
Carl Sargeant AM for Alyn & Deeside welcomes the recent announcement by Welsh Assembly Government of £5.44 million pounds for three new operating theatres in North Wales.The money will help to provide two Laparoscopic Theatres and a Urology Day Care Unit at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.The extra theatre space will increase capacity on the Ysbyty Glan Clwyd site by 20 per cent allowing more operations to be performed and helping to substantially reduce the amount of time patients are waiting for surgery.At the moment, all the theatres at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd are used to their full capacity.Carl Sargeant AM for Alyn & Deeside, said:Investment in the front line services will help create the National Health Service people expect. These new operating theatres will enable consultants to use the most up-to-date equipment and techniques in medicine. The Government spokesperson, said:“It is essential we have the necessary resources in place to ensure patients are seen and treated as quickly as possible.“By the end of the year, no patient in Wales will wait more than 26 weeks from their primary care referral to the start of their treatment. These extra theatres at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd will play a major part in ensuring that this target is maintained in north Wales."

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