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And it's particularly a big issue in North Wales, where the health board there has some of the worst waiting times in Wales.
And of course, the Wales wide performance of the NHS is.
is something which has been criticised for some time.
Now, the Welsh Government said that they wanted to get the overall waiting lists down to 600,000 by the spring, and they also said that they wanted to eradicate two-year waits.
Now, two-year waits are virtually eradicated already in England, I believe, but you'll know the details on that.
But the latest provisional figures have come out for March.
I've written them down here because I know I wouldn't be able to remember them, but
What they show is that there were around 666,700 people waiting.
So the Welsh Labour government has missed that target.
And 2,600 waiting more than two years.
So they have failed to hit those two targets in this final round.
set of figures really before people go to the polls.
Although having said that, total numbers waiting for treatment now stand at their lowest since December 2021.
So, you know, Welsh Labour say that's a sign of progress.
The other parties say it simply isn't good enough and that they have policies that would get to grips with this issue.
As James says, of course, the SNP and Plaid have had, you know, very warm, informal relationships with each other.
We've had SNP speakers at Plaid Cymru conferences.
We've also had Sinn FΓ©in speakers at Plaid Cymru conferences, party conferences in the past.
Just on that point about what happens if we have applied government post-election, I mean, a lot of the parties are trying to make the independence issue a bigger issue than so far it appears to be in the election.
You know, reform accused...