Wales' first minister has been accused of missing a key promise on NHS waiting times. In December, Eluned Morgan pledged to cut the numbers waiting two years or more for planned treatments, external from 24,000 to "about 8,000" by spring. Despite falling to the lowest point since April 2021, March's figure stood at 8,389 with the majority - 5,747 - in the health board for north Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr. Opposition parties said this meant the target had been missed. There was a drop from February's figure of 15,500 amid a £50m investment but the figure is still well above NHS England which had just 147 people waiting two years or more.
