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.

 

Read the Welsh NHS Confederation's Senedd election report, published in May 2025.