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Regulator

Chris Lynes

Deputy Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

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Quoted in the press, across 3 topics since 10 Mar 2026

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OfficeBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, LL57 2PWBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is based in Bangor Aberconwy: the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

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Chris Lynes: key facts

Kind of voice
Regulator
Role
Deputy Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery
Organisation
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Organisation based in
Bangor Aberconwy
Quoted on
A&E & ambulance response, Cancer, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
14 Apr 2026
First quoted
10 Mar 2026

03  Profile

Who Chris Lynes is

Chris Lynes is Deputy Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, the NHS Wales health board for north Wales. Board papers from January 2025 and September 2026 show him attending public Health Board meetings in place of Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery Angela Wood.

In the January 2025 meeting he introduced a patient experience story, and in 2022 he presented a nurse staffing levels assurance report to a board committee. He is quoted in the press giving the health board's responses to patient complaints and official findings. These include the health board's apology after a Public Services Ombudsman for Wales report on a fatal morphine discharge error at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, and its response to a campaign for a separate A&E waiting area for cancer patients at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.

04  The signal · where Chris Lynes sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking

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Quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking.

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  1. Dr Ian Higginson portraitDr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)Leading
  2. Caroline Abrahams portraitCaroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UKLeading
  3. Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ScotlandLeading
  4. Kev Parker-EvansClinicianchief nursing officer at WWL
  5. Dr John RibchesterAcademicclinical director at Whitstable Medical Practice
  6. Chris LynesRegulatorDeputy Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
  7. Catherine WoodRegulatorArea Coroner for Kent and Medway, Kent and Medway Coroner Service (Kent County Council)
  8. Prof Alexandra MullockAcademicformer PhD student, University of Manchester

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05  On the record · press

What Chris Lynes has said

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  • bbc.com
  • walesonline.co.uk

Where Chris Lynes has been quoted

  1. Terminal cancer patient has to sit in A&E when awaiting treatmentbbc.com · 14 Apr 2026
  2. Calls for designated waiting areas for cancer patients in A&E department | ITV Newsitv.com · 31 Mar 2026
  3. Calls for designated waiting areas for cancer patients at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd A&E department | ITV News Walesitv.com · 31 Mar 2026
  4. Man found dead by daughter hours after hospital dischargewalesonline.co.uk · 10 Mar 2026
How we found the articles that name Chris Lynes: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 3 topics

A&E & ambulance response

  • A&E waiting times
  • A&E department
  • accident and emergency
  • ambulance response times
  • ambulance handover
  • ambulance waiting
  • ambulance service
  • emergency department

Also searched with “A&E waiting times” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for A&E & ambulance response

Cancer

  • cancer
  • cancer treatment
  • cancer screening
  • cancer waiting times
  • oncology
  • chemotherapy
  • radiotherapy
  • cancer diagnosis

Also searched with “cancer” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Cancer

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

  • hospital discharge
  • delayed discharge
  • bed blocking
  • bed-blocking
  • discharge to assess
  • delayed transfers of care
  • discharge delays
  • step-down care

Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Verbatim

“We fully recognise the concerns raised about immuno-compromised patients spending time within emergency departments, and this is something our cancer and emergency care teams are actively working together to address.”
Deputy executive director of nursing and midwifery at Betsi Cadwaladr health board · A&E & ambulance response · bbc.com · 14 Apr 2026 · Read the article
“Despite best efforts, there is often no appropriate space within or close to Emergency Departments that could safely be used as a separate waiting area while still allowing staff to closely monitor patients who may become unwell.”
Deputy Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board · A&E & ambulance response · itv.com · 31 Mar 2026 · Read the article
“Despite best efforts, there is often no appropriate space within or close to Emergency Departments that could safely be used as a separate waiting area while still allowing staff to closely monitor patients who may become unwell.”
Deputy Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board · Cancer · itv.com · 31 Mar 2026 · Read the article
“We would like to extend our sincere condolences to Mr Roberts' family at this very difficult time. Due to patient confidentiality we are unable to comment on the specific details of an individual patient's care. However, we take concerns of this nature very seriously and will ensure the issues raised are fully investigated.”
deputy executive director of nursing and midwifery · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · walesonline.co.uk · 10 Mar 2026 · Read the article

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06  Sources

References for this biography

  1. Calls for designated waiting areas for cancer patients at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd A&E department (ITV News Wales, 31 March 2026). Describes him as Deputy Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery for the board and quotes his response on separate A&E waiting areas for cancer patients.
  2. Patient overdosed on morphine after mistakenly given drug on discharge (Daily Post). Quotes him apologising on behalf of the health board for failures in Mr P's care, following a Public Services Ombudsman report on care at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
  3. Family makes official complaint after 91-year-old man dies after two nights in A&E (Nation.Cymru). Quotes him as deputy executive director of nursing and midwifery responding to a family complaint about care at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.
  4. Hundreds back mum's call for safe cancer patient space at Glan Clwyd (Rhyl Journal). Quotes him as deputy executive director of nursing and midwifery responding to the cancer patient A&E space campaign.
  5. Confirmed Minutes of the Health Board held in Public on 30 January 2025 (BCUHB). Lists him as Deputy Executive Director of Nursing, deputising for Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery Angela Wood, and introducing a patient experience story.
  6. BCU Health Board public meeting bundle, 24 September 2026 (BCUHB). Shows him in post as Deputy Executive Director of Nursing in September 2026, attending on behalf of Angela Wood, who was leaving the health board.
  7. Partnerships, People and Population Health Committee bundle, 8 November 2022 (BCUHB). Shows him presenting the nurse staffing levels assurance report under the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 and deputising for Angela Wood.
  8. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (Care Opinion). Gives the health board's Executive Offices address as Ysbyty Gwynedd, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, LL57 2PW.

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