If RHGHwas in Scotland then Labour would be blaming (rightly) SNP government not managers

Labour have been in power in the National Assembly for over 20 years  and yet it is clear that they still don't  regard it as a means for improving Wales irrespective of whoever in power in Westminster .

by Marcus Longley, Professor of Applied Health Policy Associate Director, Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care

The NHS is easily Wales' biggest organisation, with 80,000 staff, and a total budget of £4,400 million a year (up by £1¼ billion since 2002).So who decides how much money it gets, and how it's spent?At the national level, the Welsh Assembly decides the size of the NHS budget, from within the total allocation it receives from the Chancellor. About 80 per cent of this is allocated to the 22 Local Health Boards according to a formula, which gives most money to those parts of Wales with the poorest health. This supports most hospital services. About 12 per cent goes on GPs, dentists and others in the community. 5 per cent is kept back to fund education and training for existing and future staff. The rest goes on various national public health initiatives and to fund research.At the local level, therefore, the 22 Local Health Boards are key. They use their money to decide what the NHS Trusts should provide, make the big decisions about the future of local hospitals, and hold the Trusts to account. (The 14 NHS Trusts are responsible for the day-to-day running of hospital services, for ambulances, and for staff such as district nurses and midwives.)In practice, the Boards' freedom to manoeuvre is circumscribed by, for example:

• national policy - the Assembly's waiting times targets have to be met;

• national contracts - the national GP contract states what GPs can be expected to do

• the weight of history - the vast majority of budgets are simply rolled over from year to year.

and yet Labour politicians in Wales  behave as  ift the NHS  is not their responsibility.

Alex Davies-Jones MP, the new Labour MP for Pontypridd, posted a video on Twitter updating followers “on the campaign to saveA&E at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital”.

Despite the fact that NHS Wales is the responsibility of the Labour-controlled Welsh Government, and Labour AM Vaughan Gething is the current Health Minister. she and the rest of the Labour Party in Wales especially valley Mps and AMs behave as if the "Welsh Government" have clean hands over what is an attack on the health of our residents/

However, in the video Alex Davies-Jones encourages her constituents to “make [their] voices heard” to “stop these changes from happening”.

An Assembly Member, Dawn Bowden, subsequently took to Twitter to deny that the Welsh Government had any say in the decision.

She said that the NHS was “funded by the Welsh Labour Government” but was “managed by people who are paid to do so”.

Davis-Jones and Pontypridd AM Mick Antoniw  are trying and succeeding to give the impression that they are leading the fight against the proposed closure.

Why isn't Welsh Health Minster Vaughan Gething at the meeting ?


It reflects the whole attitude of Labour to devolution in that it is a means to be in Government but not actually to do anything of significance.


Imagine what Labour in Scotland would be doing in Scotland if a similar plan to cut A&E services were proposed.

They would not be blaming NHS Managers but (rightly0 the SNP government.

I have a great respect for Jeremy Corbyn but is comments when visiting Scotland were hypocritical

“A UK Labour government will provide the massive investment Scotland deserves,” Mr Corbyn said.
“We will build the homes people need and end homelessness, tackle the climate emergency, provide a social care system that gives dignity to our older people and the carers who look after them, end child poverty and end fuel poverty.
“The SNP and the Tories have neither the ideas or the will to transform Scotland for the better, so are hiding from their records in government.

One again I reproduce this table 



Labour policy seems to be that they are in government but not in power.

If they don't want power let's elect those who do.

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