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| No more excuses from Labour on NHS, says Plaid Cymru | No more excuses from Labour on NHS, says Plaid Cymru |
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| Plaid Cymru will intensify its attacks on Labour's handling of the Welsh NHS later, saying there should be "no more excuses" for long waiting lists and missed targets. | Plaid Cymru will intensify its attacks on Labour's handling of the Welsh NHS later, saying there should be "no more excuses" for long waiting lists and missed targets. |
| Plaid health spokeswoman Elin Jones will set out a six-point plan to improve health services. | Plaid health spokeswoman Elin Jones will set out a six-point plan to improve health services. |
| The proposals include a sugary drinks tax, specialist diagnostics centres and the recruitment of 1,000 extra doctors. | The proposals include a sugary drinks tax, specialist diagnostics centres and the recruitment of 1,000 extra doctors. |
| She will address Plaid's conference, in Aberystwyth, on its final day. | She will address Plaid's conference, in Aberystwyth, on its final day. |
| Plaid Cymru's other main health priorities are: | Plaid Cymru's other main health priorities are: |
| The party has placed health policy at the heart of its conference, making it central to a new appeal to Labour voters to "have another look" at Plaid. | The party has placed health policy at the heart of its conference, making it central to a new appeal to Labour voters to "have another look" at Plaid. |
| But there was controversy on Friday, after leader Leanne Wood admitted in a BBC Good Morning Wales interview that she could not give a figure for the costs of the NHS changes. | But there was controversy on Friday, after leader Leanne Wood admitted in a BBC Good Morning Wales interview that she could not give a figure for the costs of the NHS changes. |
| The party is planning to publish a full alternative budget before the elections. | The party is planning to publish a full alternative budget before the elections. |
| Ms Jones will accuse Labour ministers of being "unwilling to take the big decisions on the NHS, and unable to get the small decisions right". | Ms Jones will accuse Labour ministers of being "unwilling to take the big decisions on the NHS, and unable to get the small decisions right". |
| "They have spent too much time over the past four and a half years blaming a Westminster government for a lack of funds, there should be no more excuses," she will say. | "They have spent too much time over the past four and a half years blaming a Westminster government for a lack of funds, there should be no more excuses," she will say. |
| "Labour should be judged on what it has failed to achieve with the powers and budget available to it, and we will be judged on what we promise to achieve within the powers and budget available to us." | "Labour should be judged on what it has failed to achieve with the powers and budget available to it, and we will be judged on what we promise to achieve within the powers and budget available to us." |
| Conservative attacks on the performance of the Welsh NHS under Labour are seen to have been crucial to the Tories achieving their best general elections results in Wales for 30 years in May. | |
| Plaid Cymru are currently the third party in Cardiff Bay, with 11 seats compared to 30 for Labour and 14 for the Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats on 5. | Plaid Cymru are currently the third party in Cardiff Bay, with 11 seats compared to 30 for Labour and 14 for the Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats on 5. |