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| Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood to offer alternative NHS plans | Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood to offer alternative NHS plans |
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| Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood will announce an "alternative way forward" on hospital reorganisation plans at her party's annual conference later. | Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood will announce an "alternative way forward" on hospital reorganisation plans at her party's annual conference later. |
| Labour has accused her of blocking the proposals, which face huge opposition, without suggesting any alternatives. | Labour has accused her of blocking the proposals, which face huge opposition, without suggesting any alternatives. |
| Other measures to ease the cost of living and boost the economy are also expected to be unveiled in Aberystwyth. | Other measures to ease the cost of living and boost the economy are also expected to be unveiled in Aberystwyth. |
| Ms Wood will claim Plaid will be the only party addressing people's key concerns at the 2016 assembly election. | Ms Wood will claim Plaid will be the only party addressing people's key concerns at the 2016 assembly election. |
| Welsh Labour ministers have insisted closing some hospitals and moving some core services from smaller to larger hospitals are essential to make the NHS safe and sustainable. | Welsh Labour ministers have insisted closing some hospitals and moving some core services from smaller to larger hospitals are essential to make the NHS safe and sustainable. |
| Plaid Cymru has said previously Wales can learn from how Norway, Germany and Denmark have offered modern hospital care without centralisation. | Plaid Cymru has said previously Wales can learn from how Norway, Germany and Denmark have offered modern hospital care without centralisation. |
| Disappointing performance | Disappointing performance |
| The party has argued planning the NHS workforce more effectively and better recruitment practices would help reduce some of the strains on the health service. | The party has argued planning the NHS workforce more effectively and better recruitment practices would help reduce some of the strains on the health service. |
| Plaid Cymru also points to the budget deal it signed with the Liberal Democrats and Welsh ministers earlier in the week which put more money into treating patients in the community as a way of both improving services and keeping more patients out of hospital. | Plaid Cymru also points to the budget deal it signed with the Liberal Democrats and Welsh ministers earlier in the week which put more money into treating patients in the community as a way of both improving services and keeping more patients out of hospital. |
| All party members who attend the two-day conference will be able to vote on the motions debated. Until now that was reserved for delegates representing various sections of the party. | All party members who attend the two-day conference will be able to vote on the motions debated. Until now that was reserved for delegates representing various sections of the party. |
| The change is part of internal reforms brought in following Plaid Cymru's disappointing performance at the 2011 assembly election. | The change is part of internal reforms brought in following Plaid Cymru's disappointing performance at the 2011 assembly election. |
| Ms Wood will also promote plans to cut business rates for smaller firms on the opening day of the two-day Aberystwyth event. | Ms Wood will also promote plans to cut business rates for smaller firms on the opening day of the two-day Aberystwyth event. |
| Firms would qualify for reduced business rates if their rateable values was below £15,000, rather than £12,000 under the current regime. | Firms would qualify for reduced business rates if their rateable values was below £15,000, rather than £12,000 under the current regime. |
| A rateable value below £10,000 would mean paying no business rates, rather than the £6,000 ceiling at present. | A rateable value below £10,000 would mean paying no business rates, rather than the £6,000 ceiling at present. |
| The party will also unveil its slogan for next year's European election - "Wales First" - emphasising its claim that Plaid is the only party whose priority is the interest of Wales. | The party will also unveil its slogan for next year's European election - "Wales First" - emphasising its claim that Plaid is the only party whose priority is the interest of Wales. |
| Ms Wood has also defended her party's election performances since devolution. | |
| With the SNP in government in Scotland, she was asked on BBC Radio Wales why the Scottish nationalists had moved so much further on than Plaid. | |
| "I think it reflects the different settlement that Wales has had compared to Scotland," said Ms Wood. | |
| "Scotland is so much further ahead in terms of the devolution settlement and Wales is a different place. | |
| "Our settlement is much weaker as is our economic situation and that's why I've said since I've become the leader of Plaid Cymru that the economy and job creation should be our number one priority. | |
| "I would argue that Scotland has got a government that puts Scotland first and Scottish communities first at every opportunity and Wales needs a government now that will do that and I would argue that a Plaid Cymru government after 2016 is what the country needs now." |