Reform
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Dear First Minister: You Inherit a Crisis
An open letter to the incoming Welsh Government. You inherit NHS Wales in crisis — every health board failing, Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) at Level 4, £600 million spent for £0.5 million return. Your manifesto asks DHCW to make Wales a world leader in digital health. This is the organisation whose every programme failed. The patients of Wales cannot wait for another 25 years of the same.
The Billion-Pound Question Wales Cannot Afford to Get Wrong
Wales is about to decide how 3.2 million patients' health records will work for a generation. Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) — the organisation tasked with delivering it — has failed at everything it has attempted. England has 39 million on its NHS App. Northern Ireland deployed Epic across all 5 trusts. Wales: two reports in nine months.
Wales Deserves World-Class Digital Health Leadership. Here Is What That Looks Like
England's NHS App has 39 million users. The equivalent at Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW): 'mired in delay, non-delivery.' Same country. Same health service model. The difference is who leads. England hired a Credit Suisse technologist. Wales promoted from within.
One Organisation. Three Million Lives. Zero Accountability
Every GP visit, every prescription, every hospital appointment in Wales depends on Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW). It is failing — and the people responsible face no consequences. Here is the evidence, our seven demands, and a blueprint for reform.