The row between the UK and Wales’ governments intensified recently following the Daily Mail’s series of reports which claimed that Wales provided poor care and suffered from serious failings.
NHS Wales blasted in report
Dr Alan Rees, vice president of the Royal College of Physicians in Wales has defended the Welsh healthcare system and said that though the service has specific problems that need to be addressed, the service ‘has no need to apologise.’
Dr Rees’s comments defend against the report by the Royal College has said the NHS in Wales, like elsewhere, is ‘struggling to cope’ and faces ‘urgent challenges’.
The report has been deemed as a politically motivated report which undermines the professionalism of doctors and nurses who work very hard in the NHS in Wales.
Rees also said, ‘So we’re telling politicians to listen to the clinical consensus and together we can achieve what, we want which is better healthcare.’ And refuses to accept that NHS Wales is particularly in poor shape in comparison to the NHS elsewhere.
The Welsh government has taken the report on board and a spokesman of the Welsh government has said, ‘The decisions we make are based on the latest clinical evidence and advice available and puts the patient first with the aim of improving the healthcare of the nation. This includes our new four-year plan to improve primary care services so the vast majority of NHS care is planned and provided in the community, closer to people’s homes and ultimately avoiding inappropriate and unnecessary hospital admissions whenever possible.’
