Westminster Correspondent, BBC Wells News
Mail WallaceNHS patients from Wales who require knee and hip operation in England, a health board asked the English hospitals to copy Wales for a long time.
The Povis Health Board announced the change as it could not tolerate the cost of how quickly the border was operating, but the patients said that they were not informed.
The 59 -year -old Mail Wallace of the Howe, Povis, was initially told that he would wait for 12 months for his hip replacement, but now already has to face 45 weeks waiting after waiting for 59 weeks.
Heal Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of the Health Board, said that people of the area should “be treated in the same time as residents in Wales”.
Earlier there was no difference in how patients were treated, but since July 1, the Health Board has asked that any planned treatment for its patients in Hospitals in Hearford, Shrusbari, Telford and Ocestory is based on the average NHS Wells Waiting Times.
About 40% of the budget of the Health Board (PTHB) is spent on services outside its boundaries – it does not have its own district general hospital.
The latest figures suggest that in England, there were 10,254 waiting for the treatments employed in Wales as compared to just 158.
The Welsh government stated that it is “committed to reducing waiting time and ensuring everyone in Wales – which includes pavis – is justified and accessible for treatment”.
Over the low waiting time in England, the Powise Health Board could not pay bills due to speed, which were being carried out by creating and other planned care, cataract surgery and clinical trials.
According to its annual plan, implementing the NHS Wales Waiting Times will save £ 16.4m – Welsh government has said that it should save at least £ 26m and intervene in the health board’s plan to remove finance, strategy and serious concerns.
This means that the people of the pavis face two years of waiting for some processes, but it excludes various high -risk patients with children and cancer.
Ms. Wallace used to enjoy her dogs walking, gardening, going to the gym and riding her motorcycle, but now struggled to get out of the car or put her socks.
She moved to her home near Landrindode Wales from Hearfordshire in 2021 for scenes and lifestyle, but her experience with Welsh NHS “did not come here I did not come here”.
Despite waiting for an operation to start before changing the rules, Ms. Walse said, “She cannot even bother to send a letter to tell people that it is going to affect them”.
She wants the policy to be reversed, but meanwhile, said that the waiting time given to those people should be honored in the list.
Stephen Evans, a 66 -year -old, was set for a double -knee replacement, a local government official at Burate Wales and stated in May that his first operation would be “within the next few weeks” in Hearford.
When he called the hospital to follow, he was told that his wait would be at least another year and said that he had no contact with the health board or Welsh NHS.
“When your life is stopped due to such a decision, you deserve the truth, not some excuse,” he said.
“I choose to live here, but I still deserve the same type of medical treatment, who is as a person who crosses the border in England.”
John Silk, 92, Talgrath, was a regular golfer and went to the gym until his osteoarthritis was very bad.
He said, “I now have a stick to walk on the way from the front door and driving in the car is a bad dream,” he said.
He was due to an operation at Hearford in June and went to the hospital twice in preparation.
When he called to ask why his knee replacement was delayed, he was told by a “apology” secretary that he would have to wait another year due to the budget cut.
Like others, they have not heard anything from NHS Wales. “I want to cope with what they are doing.
“They are causing unnecessary pain and suffering. I don’t think it’s the idea of politics, do you?”
Health Board CEO Ms. Thomas said: “We understand that the changes we have made will be disappointing and disappointing for patients and their families.
“It is important that we live within our means. We cannot continue to spend money, we do not have to offer rapid access care in parts of the county.
“Instead, we need to take a fair approach that protects the essential services for all.”
For Brecon, Radnor and CWM TAWE, Liberal Democrat MP for David Chadwik said that it could not understand the decision to reduce the waiting list and bring people back to work, the priorities of the labor governments in Cardiff and Westminster.
He said, “This is not quite good and that is why the Welsh government has to ensure that it gives Pavis enough money to the health board to process those fast,” he said.
Wye Valy NHS Trust has also raised concerns, Managing Director Jane Ewes said at a board meeting that 10,000 appointments or alternative procedures would be affected there due to knock-on effects.
“This is a very poor value for the proposal of money and has a real effect on patients,” he said.
Meanwhile, a PTHB meeting last week also did not implement the policy by Shruusbari and Telford Hospital NHS Trust as the talks continue to “with the increasing risk of growth”.
Shropshire and Community NHS Trust stated that they would “prefer patient care based on clinical requirement”.
