3. Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services: The Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:45 pm on 16 January 2018.

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Photo of Dawn Bowden Dawn Bowden Labour 3:45, 16 January 2018

Okay. Well, my second point is about the process of negotiating necessary change and the need to involve the staff in that. I know from my own experience that that change does require patience and persuasion and communication, but, most of all, it involves taking people with you, because to resist change does lead to stagnation, both for the people the service has to deliver to and the people who work within it.

What I would ask, Cabinet Secretary, because we've heard a lot about the vision in this report, and I would say that the report, actually, is the vision, it sets out the vision, so would you agree that we all need to be clear that this is our vision and direction of travel and that we must be unwavering in our commitment to that? And would you further agree that if we are to achieve the quadruple aim for all, as set out in the report's recommendations, then staff who work in the service must be involved in the change and their voices must be listened to if we are to achieve the objectives of the review?