Wales's new health minister has set out plans for NHS Wales.

The plans include cutting waiting times, recruiting more GPs and moving care out of hospitals and into communities.

Ten new surgical and diagnostic hubs will be developed over the next four years to increase capacity of the NHS and cut delays. Up to 100 new salaried GPs will be recruited.

Mabon ap Gwynfor has said that two-year waits will be eliminated within months and the overall backlog reduced to pre-pandemic levels before the end of this Senedd term.

Access to out-of-hours primary care will be expanded to reduce pressure on hospitals and community care will be expanded and discharge planning strengthened, so people spend less time in hospital and more time living well at home.

Furthermore, a ten-year Digital and Data Strategy will modernise NHS infrastructure, and a long-term workforce strategy will be published this autumn.

Due to a shortage of available posts for this year’s nursing, midwifery and paramedic graduates, organisations will be brought together at a summit to consider immediate support and options to prevent similar problems in the future.

Mabon ap Gwynfor, Cabinet Minister for Health and Care, said: "Having to wait years for treatment, with all the pain and anxiety that entails, is an intolerable reality for far too many people in Wales.

"With urgency, decisive action and ambition, we will protect the NHS and build a healthier, fairer Wales — with a health and care system that puts people first and delivers the change our nation needs."