The report also states the region’s emergency care departments continue to face significant delays, with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board ranking seventh out of seven Welsh health boards for long stays. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has been in and out of special measures since 2015, having been placed back in in February 2023. The figures show North Wales comes bottom of all seven Welsh health boards in several areas judged against key national targets set out in a National Performance framework for 2025/26. For diagnostic testing, the health board recorded 13,778 patients waiting more than eight weeks for a specified diagnostic procedure by the end of March 2026. This missed the national target of zero patients, placing the health board seventh out of seven of Welsh health boards.