• Plans to strengthen primary care not happening quickly enough
    While the NHS and Welsh Government are taking a range of steps to strengthen primary care, change needs to happen at greater pace and scale to tack
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  • Changes needed to public service boards if they’re to realise their full potential
    The 19 new Public Service Boards – which were set up in Wales to improve the well-being of communities - are unlikely to realise their potential un
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  • Young people in a discussion
    Improvements needed in services for young people
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  • Three house doors in red, light blue and dark blue colours
    Postcode lottery for new ‘front door’ to adult social care services
     
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  • Integrated Care Fund not yet realising its full potential
    Since the inception of the fund, the Welsh Government has made a total of £270 million available up to March 2019 and with a further £115 million a
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  • Four health boards in Wales over-spend again
    Four out of seven health boards in Wales once again failed to meet their financial duty to break-even over a three-year period, according to their
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  • NHS spending on agency staff has “increased markedly” in recent years
    NHS spending on agency staff has increased markedly in recent years – a rise of 171% over seven years - according to a report published today by th
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    Radiology services under strain and action needed
    Rising demand, difficulties with recruitment and retention of staff, outdated and insufficient scanning equipment, along with IT weaknesses are put
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  • Social services and well-being study
    The initial point of contact assessment initiates the process of social care intervention and therefore has a direct impact on the type of outcome
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  • Out-of-hours services are under strain
    Out of hours services provide urgent primary care when GP surgeries are closed.
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    Primary Care Services in Wales
    Our latest publication pulls together a range of data to provide a snapshot of primary care services in Wales.  We have collated information o
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  • NHS Wales has a clear vision for the electronic patient record, but more work is needed to deliver it
    All parts of NHS Wales, including Welsh Government, now face tough decisions on funding and priorities if the vision of an electronic patie
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  • The way consultancy contracts were awarded by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board "fell short of expected standards"
    The way in which Cardiff and Vale University Health Board procured and managed HR consultancy contracts fell short of the standards that th
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  • Welsh Government using the NHS finances act to drive better planning of services and finances
    Since the implementation of the NHS Finances (Wales) Act in 2014, the Welsh Government has increased planned health spending, but has continued to
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  • Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board moving in the right direction
    The Auditor General for Wales and Chief Executive of Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) have called on Betsi Cadwaladr University Health B
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