The Welsh NHS Confederation response to the Welsh Conservatives Social Services Policy Board

Summary of our calls

• The need to promote staff wellbeing and developing cross-sector skills.

• Raising awareness of the We Care Wales website and provide sustainable funding for social care, with a fully funded pay rise to enable recruitment and retention, alongside greater overall investment and career progression opportunities.

• Engaging, developing and supporting staff to prioritise staff wellbeing.

• Need for long-term financial certainty and investing in Welsh communities.

• Need for one public service.

• Need for a national conversation.

• Need for a National Health and Care Service

• Reshaping the public’s relationship with the NHS and embedding population health.

• Quality-based outcomes focusing on public experience across health and care.

• Need for a cross-government approach to reducing poverty and inequalities.

• Building a digitally ready workforce