Waiting list issues at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt (RJAH) orthopaedic hospital in Gobowen, near Oswestry, were highlighted at a Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) board meeting on Wednesday, January 28. During discussion of PTHB’s performance report from November, independent member flagged Mick Giannasi up the issues at RJAH as a performance “outlier.”Mr Giannasi said: “My eye was particularly drawn to the spinal treatment waits at RJAH exceeding 300 weeks. Independent Powys Teaching Health Board board member Mick Giannasi. The report said: “The breaches comprise treatment waits for spinal, arthroplasty, knee and sports injuries and foot and ankle care. “Very long waits now exceed 300 weeks for complex spinal surgery.