The performance of the Health Board in North Wales has been described as "scandalous" by local politician.

NHS statistics reveal that the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board has the highest proportion of long wait times in Wales. Nearly 1-in-4 Welsh people are on NHS treatment waiting lists, with 30% waiting over 36 weeks in the region.

In emergency departments, the figures showed that Betsi Cadwaladr had the lowest 4-hour performance (58.0%) and the highest 12-hour breaches (16.7%).

The health board also had the highest percentage of emergency department patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged in June 2025.

Darren Millar, who is MS for Clwyd West, claims that it is a scandal that patients in North Wales continue to be let down in this way.

He said: “Month after month this health board continues to fail residents and they have understandably had enough.

“These excessively long waits for treatment are putting lives at risk, and whilst the figures for Wales overall are bad, it is deeply concerning that Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has not met any of its performance targets.

“The Labour Welsh Government need to get to grips with these failures once and for all by putting their money where their mouths are and paying for the NHS that the people of Wales deserve.”