Welsh health minister dismisses Tory criticism but admits waiting times are a challenge.
At the weekend Mr Barclay said it was offering "to give patients in Wales the same rights that they would get in England, which is that if they are prepared to travel, they can go to any hospital which can offer them the treatment they need and get treated".
"But I think there's a whole load of areas where we are doing considerably better, including and in particular, access to GPs, and certainly our improvement in terms of emergency departments is much better."The real question is where on earth will he find the capacity from in England where he's got 7.5 million people waiting for treatment there."I think it's really important that he should concentrate on his job and I'll concentrate on mine.
There are 4.5% of patients in Wales waiting more than two years, compared to hardly any in England - 0.01%.
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