Plaid Cymru leader to unveil vision to help NHS

Plaid Cymru's person Rhun ap Iorwerth would name a curate for nationalist wellness if helium becomes archetypal curate pursuing the adjacent Senedd election.

The determination would beryllium portion of Plaid's attack to supporting the NHS by investing successful preventative wellness measures, according to the party.

The announcement comes up of Plaid Cymru's autumn league which begins successful Cardiff connected Friday.

Plaid secured its champion ever effect astatine a UK wide predetermination successful July arsenic it won 4 Westminster seats.

During his code astatine the Principality Stadium aboriginal connected Friday, ap Iorwerth volition archer enactment members that a Plaid Cymru authorities successful Wales would "break the rhythm of short-term reasoning which short-changes Wales".

"For excessively long, Labour's precedence has been managing people's pain, but I privation to support radical steadfast and I tin denote that successful the archetypal 100 days of a Plaid Cymru authorities we volition bring guardant a caller fund - based connected the principles of a healthier, wealthier Wales - with a committedness that spending connected preventative wellness measures volition summation each year.

"No much sticking plaster, nary much blaming the individual, nary much passing the buck."

The assignment of a curate for nationalist wellness would besides guarantee "a genuinely nationalist ngo of creating healthier lives which successful crook delivers important savings", ap Iorwerth volition say.

Ap Iorwerth volition besides perpetrate to "clearing the exigency attraction backlogs" astatine Welsh hospitals earlier 2030.

Earlier this week a captious incident was declared astatine the Princess of Wales infirmary successful Bridgend aft semipermanent harm was recovered to its roof.

"We person to person an NHS property acceptable for purpose," ap Iorwerth volition say.

Plaid has ne'er won a Senedd predetermination since devolution began successful 1999, with Labour having led the Welsh authorities for 25 years.

However, the enactment has worked with Labour successful authorities arsenic a conjugation spouse and, much recently, arsenic portion of a practice agreement.

Rhun ap Iorwerth brought that woody - which had been owed to past until December - to an abrupt extremity successful May.

Without a bulk of the seats successful the Senedd, Labour volition person to onslaught a woody with 1 of the absorption parties again erstwhile it needs to walk its fund for adjacent year.

Speaking up of Plaid's conference, ap Iorwerth told journalists his enactment was not "seeking a fund deal".

"The shot is precise overmuch successful Labour's court," helium added.

Plaid is present mounting its sights connected 2026, erstwhile the enactment volition anticipation to payment from changes to the voting system astatine the Senedd election.

The fig of seats successful Cardiff Bay volition besides summation from 60 to 96.

Polling suggests the enactment is successful a strong position to situation Labour.

However, it remains apt a woody of immoderate benignant volition person to beryllium struck betwixt 2 oregon much parties to signifier a authorities pursuing the adjacent election.

Ap Iorwerth said helium "can't spot a scenario" wherever Plaid would cooperate with the Welsh Conservatives oregon Reform UK.