What next?
The opportunity is presented in the policy framework outlined in Welsh Government’s ‘Building Capacity through Community Care – Further Faster’ (June 2023) which aligns with the vision set out in 'A Healthier Wales' (2018). The intention is to go further, faster together to strengthen community capacity by developing an integrated community care system for Wales. It focuses on delivering whole-system place-based care and for people, ensuring they remain connected to their communities while preventing avoidable hospital admissions.
This paper embraces the existential challenges to articulate a new and radical progressive vision.