Elevated

A headline in today’s Evening Post seemed to suggest that tory AM Alun Cairns had either been dramatically promoted (and changed parties) or else adopted religious office. Speculation was based on a knocking-copy health article about financial worries at Neath Port Talbot hospital which bore the banner Minister speaks out over hospital staff's concerns.

However, all the political comments in the story are attributed solely to the AM for South Wales West which sort of says more about the local paper than it does about the state of the local health service.

As it happens, the word is that Mrs Hart (who was health minister when we last checked) is not exactly a fan of the PFI system used to build the £66 million health complex. She was also instrumental is getting a range of external services brought back in-house – much to the annoyance of Mr Cairns at the time, we seem to recall.

Update: Evening Post have since amended their website.