Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:28 pm on 28 March 2017.
Prudent healthcare requires us to do everything differently so that we eliminate waste and avoid duplication of effort. I’m aware that in my own health board, Cardiff, they’ve made enormous strides, for example, in the improvement of stroke patients, which has enabled them to leave hospital sooner, and that’s an obvious financial saving. But I wondered what else can these four health boards do that maybe they could be replicating from other more successful, financially, health boards to, for example, offer more services in primary and community care, as this can be proved to have better outcomes and also save money. What else can these health boards be doing that they’re not doing at the moment?