The head of the Welsh Department of Health stressed that everyone has the same responsibility for the public health service. “We all have a responsibility to help the NHS before it does its job,” she said.

The call preceded a meeting between nurses and Welsh government officials to improve working conditions and raise wages in line with national inflation.

Nurses in Wales describe working conditions as “hell on earth” due to the unprecedented number of people arriving in the emergency room. Unionists from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have said they will announce further industrial action unless the Welsh Government responds to their demands.

Rescue workers will strike again tomorrow. This is another manifestation of recent weeks, which further increases the pressure on the health service and directly threatens people’s lives and health.

Minister Eluned Morgan is confident, however, that the real crisis will only come in the future: “Because of the aging of the population, we will be forced to make difficult choices,” she said.

“I’m so sorry we couldn’t do more, despite the efforts we were making across Wales,” she added.

She said the government had been preparing for winter since April last year, spending more on social care than any other country in the UK and ‘doing much better than England when it comes to emergency services “. She cited data from NHS Wales 111, which shows the infoline successfully prevented the arrival of around 5,000 emergency services. people.