On 22nd November, we joined more than 20 organisations to launch a new pan-Wales campaign, Ending the Postcode Lottery. The campaign calls for an end to disjointed NHS Wales services and the creation of a single, independent executive to improve care standards.
Like many other organisations across Wales, FTWW believes that a single national body with strategic oversight of NHS Wales is vital to drive improvements in patient care and hold health boards to account.
A single, independent national NHS organisation would be better placed to improve patient care and deliver on the aims of A healthier Wales, the Welsh government’s plan for health and social care. An independent body with the right powers would have the authority to:
- support system transformation across health board boundaries
- play a national leadership role in service improvement
- collect and analyse data to improve performance
- improve patient outcomes across clinical specialties, public health and inequalities
- provide strong governance and accountability to ensure that the NHS in Wales gets the best value from its combined resources.
FTWW exists to campaign for equitable access to the services our members need, no matter where in Wales they live: currently, there is huge variation and disparities in care offered, largely as a consequence of the health board area in which they live. This is unfair and unacceptable. The system as it stands is not working for women across Wales – and we know we’re not alone. Read ‘Ending the Postcode Lottery’ to see why so many organisations across Wales feel the same.
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