Mark Drakeford says NHS workers spend too long dealing with avoidable problems.
Before making his comments, Mr Drakeford said Betsi Cadwaladr health board had called for the population to do more to "make sure that harms that genuinely can be avoided are avoided".
"People who we rely on to work in A&E departments spend an awful lot of their time responding to harm that need never have happened.
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