Welsh Conservatives today expressed their anger at comments from the Health Minister branding mothers campaigning to save maternity and specialist baby care services at Wrexham Maelor Hospital as mischief makers.
Shadow Minister for Health and Social Services, Andrew RT Davies AM said, “I am horrified that a senior Minister could treat hospital campaigners with such contempt.
“In communities across North Wales, families are fighting to protect their local health services, which are currently under threat from cuts the Labour-Plaid Assembly Government has made to its health budget.
“Local Health Boards have been forced to consider cutting services because Labour-Plaid has cut its health budget by £435million in this financial year.”
“These remarks are a gross insult to the people of North Wales who are rightly defending their entitlement to local NHS services.
“The Minister should be engaging positively with communities to listen to their views on the future of health services rather than resorting to crude insults to people who are standing up for their local services. The Minister owes the people of North Wales an apology for her insulting remarks.
“Welsh Conservatives and most notably, my colleagues Darren Millar, Mark Isherwood and Brynle Williams will continue to support campaigners to protect these vital local services.”
