tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125418539113091547.post5062539763712000528..comments2024-03-26T09:26:02.816+00:00Comments on Llanblogger - contact llanblogger@gmail.com: Llan councillor hits out over government funding llanbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13127644053530550156noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125418539113091547.post-78416938966853528792015-12-03T14:54:09.711+00:002015-12-03T14:54:09.711+00:00Cllr Stuart Davies is right to point out the incre...Cllr Stuart Davies is right to point out the increased spending allocated to the Welsh government. In particular, this is the case with health where Ken Skates and his Ministerial colleagues in Cardiff did not protect spending on the NHS at the start of this Assembly term even though the Conservative-led government at Westminster provided them with the funds to do so. As a result, Labour-run Wales is the only part of the UK where health spending has fallen in real terms. If Labour had protected the health budget in line with inflation since 2010/11, the Welsh health service would have received an extra billion pounds. <br /><br />The Welsh Conservatives are the only party committed to protecting the health budget in Wales - we would invest in frontline services, including the development of a £100m Cancer Patients’ Fund. We strongly opposed the possible downgrade of consultant-led maternity services at Wrexham Maelor Hospital because we believed such services should be maintained at all three main hospitals in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board area. Our local petition played a key role in the recently announced recommendation to keep maternity services unchanged.<br /><br />Cllr Davies is also right to point out the lack of progress by Ken Skates on the double yellow lines opposite Stan’s. Mr Skates’ Ministerial role means that he is often away from Clwyd South but one would have hoped it might have brought greater influence with fellow Ministers such as Edwina Hart than appears to be the case. <br /><br />Simon Baynes, Prospective Welsh Conservative Assembly Member for Clwyd SouthSimon Baynesnoreply@blogger.com