Cash must go where it matters most; YOUR VOICE IN WALES.

WHEN we visit hospitals the very least we can expect is that they try and make us better, not worse. But the shocking statistics from the Welsh Assembly, which show that one in 10 of us is likely to be injured by those who are entrusted to look after us hammer home the fact that even this isn't happening for many of us.

From patients contracting MRSA, to wrong operations being carried out, the catalogue of blunders makes grim reading.

And while the Welsh Assembly must be lauded for taking the bull by the horns and taking steps to make this stop, the truth is that they should have done it a long time ago.

Health is a devolved power, and we all know that there isn't a bottom-less pit of money.

But we must prioritise. If cash is being redirected to provide free prescriptions, we've got to make sure there is enough to make sure our hospitals are safe and relatively mistake free.

It's worrying, but we must make sure not to vilify the hospital staff who work so hard to try and look after us.

In the end it all comes down to the checks and balances.

In the days where middle management and admin staff far outweigh the numbers of doctors and nurses on the wards, mistakes are bound to be made.

Now is the time to shift cash away from these non-vital areas, to where it really matters.

Because people will continue to die if we don't.