Health and Social Care Waiting for care October 20, 2022 by cuwpadmin 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 to adverse outcomes. The report from the Wales Centre for Public Policy highlights how the time spent waiting for referral-to-treatment (RTT) has been increasing since before the pandemic, which further […] Read more »
Uncategorized 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 average wait time for treatment more than doubling since December 2019. Data on waiting times are captured by Local Health Boards and reported to Welsh Government in the form of […] Read more »
Health and Social Care What does the Welsh health and social care system look like? October 12, 2022 by cuwpadmin 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, and key differences from other parts of the UK. Like other developed healthcare systems, the structure of the NHS in Wales has developed and evolved in response to population needs […] Read more »
Health and Social Care Are the Welsh Government’s plans for the Welsh NHS Executive a missed opportunity? October 12, 2022 by cuwpadmin 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 the NHS Executive for Wales. This may seem like a bureaucratic distraction from more important issues, but establishing an NHS Executive has long been seen as an essential reform to the […] Read more »
Health and Social Care Social care workforce crisis in Wales: what is causing it and what is being done to fix it? October 11, 2022 by cuwpadmin 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 in ‘crisis’. Services are struggling to find or retain staff. And, of course, the provision of high quality care is dependent upon the social care professionals who have the skills, […] Read more »
Governance and Implementation Taking stock of our Research Apprentice scheme October 6, 2022 by cuwpadmin The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) introduced the Research Apprenticeship scheme in 2017. The scheme aims to build the capacity of early-career researchers to engage with policymakers and public services to respond to key challenges in Wales. It has attracted hundreds of applications annually from excellent candidates who wish to gain first-hand experience of […] Read more »
Tackling Inequalities Evidence and An Anti-Racist Wales October 4, 2022 by cuwpadmin On 7 June, the Welsh Government launched its new Action Plan to forge An Anti-Racist Wales by 2030. The work will involve identifying and eradicating the systems, structures and processes that contribute to unequal outcomes for people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities. The launch was described by the Minister for Social Justice, Jane […] Read more »
Tackling Inequalities Promoting pathways out of poverty – and preventing the pitfalls of poverty entry September 30, 2022 by cuwpadmin Enabling ‘pathways’ out of poverty must be a fundamental goal of any anti-poverty strategy. But how should such a strategy seek to achieve this? And how can we ensure that these ‘pathways’ translate into meaningful reductions in levels of poverty across Wales? Across European nations, the promotion of paid work has become central to anti-poverty […] Read more »
Tackling Inequalities Being poor in Wales – why where you live matters September 29, 2022 by cuwpadmin Several of the challenges faced by people living in poverty or social exclusion in Wales relate to where they live. Local costs of living, affordability of good quality housing, levels of crime, adequate infrastructure, and access to services, green spaces, quality employment, education and training, all affect people’s quality of life, can entrench social exclusion […] Read more »
Uncategorized Long-term response vital to tackling poverty in Wales, review concludes Sustained and coordinated action is needed to address poverty in Wales, according to academics from Cardiff University. A major 18-report review from the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP), which was undertaken in partnership with the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the New […] Read more »
