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Publications 25 October 2022
National Milestones
The Wellbeing of Future Generations Act (Wales) 2015 requires Welsh Government Ministers to set National Indicators to measure progress towards the seven national well-being goals, shown...
Commentary 25 October 2022
National Milestones – Using evidence and expertise to tell a ‘status story’
The ‘second wave’ of Welsh Government consultation on its National Milestones ended last month.  The Milestones relate to a set of National Indicators, articulated under...
Commentary 20 October 2022
Waiting for care
Waiting for care arises from the mismatch between the need for care, and the capacity of NHS services to meet those needs and can lead...
Publications 20 October 2022
Reducing waiting times in Wales
The number of people on NHS Wales waiting lists for treatment has reached record levels. This problem has worsened since the Covid-19 pandemic, with the...
Commentary 12 October 2022
What does the Welsh health and social care system look like?
Our previous blog, Is healthcare in Wales really that different?, sets out some of the key features of the Welsh health and social care system,...
Commentary 12 October 2022
Are the Welsh Government’s plans for the Welsh NHS Executive a missed opportunity?
With so much of the focus on the NHS being given to waiting times, it was easy to miss the Welsh Government’s update on...
Commentary 11 October 2022
Social care workforce crisis in Wales: what is causing it and what is being done to fix it?
The consistent message in recent submissions to the Senedd enquiry on the Health and Social Care workforce strategy was that the social care workforce is...
Commentary 27 September 2022
Running on empty: why we need reform in the cost-of-living crisis
During the initial months of the pandemic, when various protections were in place – such as the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit – the number of...