Health Secretary will hold all NHS
organisations to account about how they are improving care and
access in a series of meetings in public
The meetings will be open to the public to view online to give an
insight into discussions between the Cabinet Secretary and health
boards about how the NHS is run in Wales.
They will focus on how the NHS is meeting waiting times targets;
their financial position and outlook; and quality and safety.
The first meeting will be held on Thursday 23 October with Cwm
Taf University Health Board.
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care said: “I've
organised these meetings as I want to improve accountability and
transparency in the NHS.
“I want people to have confidence in the standards of healthcare
and the performance of health organisations where they live.
“I want to open the doors to the NHS and increase confidence in
the system.”
Public accountability meetings will be held with each health
board and with Velindre University NHS Trust, Digital Health and
Care Wales, Health Education and Improvement Wales, Public Health
Wales and Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust before the end of
March 2026.
All meetings will be open to anyone to watch online.
Health Secretary has also set out a series of
other steps to improve transparency and accountability in the
NHS:
- More NHS performance data is published than ever before,
including a quarterly report about how health boards are
performing against key emergency and planned care measures and
provisional figures for the longest waits for the latest full
calendar month.
- The Welsh Ambulance Service's clinical model has been
reformed and contains more meaningful outcome-based measures.
- Last week the Senedd approved regulations
which will reform the NHS complaints and redress system.
The new system, Listening to People, will support
greater openness and transparency if something goes wrong.
- All NHS organisations are systematically collecting patient
feedback about services.
Health Secretary added: “If we're
going to improve the NHS in Wales, we need to ensure
organisations are open and honest, use data to improve their
performance and make this publicly available, and listen to
people who use their services and can learn from their mistakes.”
