Wales NHS bosses ‘not the problem’ says Royal College of Physicians

But Dr Moore said that extra funding to help cut waiting lists had “predominantly focussed on evening and weekend appointments”.

“In order to deliver those appointments you need a robust workforce… and we are at the moment dealing with a workforce that is largely burnt out,” he said.

He told BBC Politics Wales that to deal with the complex problems in the health service, the money “needs to be spread more broadly than it is at the moment”.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? programme, broadcast from Porthcawl in Bridgend county, Morgan said: “The system is one where we, as a government, set out the parameters, we then tell the health boards what they’re to do.”

She said there needed to be “better management by the health boards”, adding an “accountability system” ensures that “with the extra money that’s gone in, they [health boards] won’t get the money unless we get the outcome”.

She said more cash from the UK government meant there was extra investment for the NHS and she wanted to “assure” people that waiting times would come down.