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MP Ann Clwyd to continue calls for Welsh NHS changes MP Ann Clwyd to continue calls for Welsh NHS changes
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Labour MP Ann Clwyd said her criticism of the Welsh NHS is not personal and she will continue to call for changes.Labour MP Ann Clwyd said her criticism of the Welsh NHS is not personal and she will continue to call for changes.
The Cynon Valley MP claimed her husband spent 27 hours on a trolley before dying in 2012.The Cynon Valley MP claimed her husband spent 27 hours on a trolley before dying in 2012.
She has since led a UK government-commissioned inquiry on how NHS hospitals in England handle complaints.She has since led a UK government-commissioned inquiry on how NHS hospitals in England handle complaints.
But she said she also received hundreds of letters patients expressing concern over experiences in Welsh hospitals.But she said she also received hundreds of letters patients expressing concern over experiences in Welsh hospitals.
However, speaking to BBC Radio Wales, the MP insisted that she had "tried to separate" her NHS investigations and her own personal experience of the health service in Wales.However, speaking to BBC Radio Wales, the MP insisted that she had "tried to separate" her NHS investigations and her own personal experience of the health service in Wales.
"I think my interest, my concerns, were first aroused by what happened to my husband."I think my interest, my concerns, were first aroused by what happened to my husband.
"But in looking at the evidence, I've always tried to separate them and I must say I spoke in the House of Commons about a week ago about one year since the Francis report."But in looking at the evidence, I've always tried to separate them and I must say I spoke in the House of Commons about a week ago about one year since the Francis report.
"The key warning signs that Francis mentioned - accumulation of patient stories detailing adverse incidents, bad practice, unusually high mortality statistics, signals from staff and whistleblowers, poor governance dysfunctional hospital wards and also weak regulation."The key warning signs that Francis mentioned - accumulation of patient stories detailing adverse incidents, bad practice, unusually high mortality statistics, signals from staff and whistleblowers, poor governance dysfunctional hospital wards and also weak regulation.
Stafford scandalStafford scandal
"All of these could be taken across to Wales because all these are true about Wales.""All of these could be taken across to Wales because all these are true about Wales."
She said last year that the deaths of patients waiting for heart surgery at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, were the equivalent of the Stafford Hospital scandal, highlighted by the Francis report.She said last year that the deaths of patients waiting for heart surgery at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, were the equivalent of the Stafford Hospital scandal, highlighted by the Francis report.
Neglect and abuse at Stafford Hospital was said to have contributed to hundreds of unnecessary deaths between 2005 and 2008.
Speaking on Friday, Ms Clwyd again defended herself against claims that she had not given the Labour-led Welsh government facts or evidence on her concerns about the Welsh NHS.Speaking on Friday, Ms Clwyd again defended herself against claims that she had not given the Labour-led Welsh government facts or evidence on her concerns about the Welsh NHS.
That allegation was made by First Minister Carwyn Jones in the assembly earlier in the week, when he told AMs that the MP had "produced no evidence and no facts" to back up her case.That allegation was made by First Minister Carwyn Jones in the assembly earlier in the week, when he told AMs that the MP had "produced no evidence and no facts" to back up her case.
But Ms Clwyd said she would continue to press for changes - and insisted it was not a political decision.But Ms Clwyd said she would continue to press for changes - and insisted it was not a political decision.
'No political football''No political football'
"I care about the Welsh NHS," she added. "I shall continue to talk about what I think is necessary to happen in the Welsh NHS."I care about the Welsh NHS," she added. "I shall continue to talk about what I think is necessary to happen in the Welsh NHS.
"I shall keep on speaking out until I see changes in the issues that I've talked about."I shall keep on speaking out until I see changes in the issues that I've talked about.
"I don't want this to be used as a political football and in the letter that I wrote to the first minister nearly four months ago I made the point that I felt this was a Labour issue and it was an opportunity for Labour to speak out, for Labour to show that we recognise the kind of things that Francis recognised."I don't want this to be used as a political football and in the letter that I wrote to the first minister nearly four months ago I made the point that I felt this was a Labour issue and it was an opportunity for Labour to speak out, for Labour to show that we recognise the kind of things that Francis recognised.
"And it took the campaigner in Mid Staffs two years for people to take her complaint seriously."And it took the campaigner in Mid Staffs two years for people to take her complaint seriously.
"I'm going to carry on talking about it and I hope somebody somewhere will realise that this is not an attack on any political party. This is a call for things to be put right in the Welsh NHS for the sake of patients.""I'm going to carry on talking about it and I hope somebody somewhere will realise that this is not an attack on any political party. This is a call for things to be put right in the Welsh NHS for the sake of patients."