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Plaid Cymru’s Peredur Owen Griffiths told the Labour Government it is time to acknowledge the NHS crisis in Wales.

A Plaid Cymru MS has raised in the Senedd the uncertain future of a nursery that has provided support to profoundly disabled children for more than three decades.

Plaid Cymru’s Peredur Owen Griffiths has called on the Labour Government to U-turn after they voted not to introduce an improved pay offer for nurses.

Speaking about the damning report released by Health Inspectorate Wales into The Grange Hospital, Plaid Cymru MS for South Wales East, Peredur Owen Griffiths said: “This report paints a disturbing picture of a struggling hospital.

A Plaid Cymru MS has said it is “unacceptable” that ambulance crews have spent an average of more than 2,000 hours a month waiting outside a flagship hospital since it opened.

Plaid Cymru MS Peredur Owen Griffiths welcomed a Welsh Government Deputy Minister to his latest cross-party group on Substance Misuse and Addiction.

Reacting to the news that all planned appointments and clinics have been postponed by Aneurin Bevan Health Board for the Queen’s funeral on Monday, Plaid Cymru MS Peredur Owen Griffiths said: “This will be a blow to many patients who were scheduled to be seen this Monday. We know from figures that nearly 100,000 patients in Wales are waiting longer than a year for their first outpatient appointment.

A Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd has renewed calls for the criminal justice system to be devolved after an increase in drugs deaths.

Reacting to the news that the Labour Government is to centralise vascular services and perform all arterial surgery for ‘South East Wales’ at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, Plaid Cymru MSs for South Wales East, Peredur Owen Griffiths and Delyth Jewell said: “It’s disappointing that this news has been sprung onto Senedd members during the last week of the summer term.

South Wales East Plaid Cymru politicians today called for urgent action to address the overcentralisation at the Grange Hospital which is leading staff and patients to breaking point.