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Following our blog published in April 2022 we provide an update on where our focus going forward will be, and the approach for that work.
Following our blog published in April 2022, Unscheduled Care in Wales - a system under real pressure, we provide an update on where our focus going forward will be, and the approach for that work.
Our blog described the numerous and significant challenges currently being experienced by the unscheduled care system in Wales.
Pressures within the wider system mean that there are currently significant challenges discharging patients out of hospital which has a knock-on impact for “patient flow”, resulting in overcrowded emergency departments and ambulance handover delays that are the worst on record.
The impact for patients is significant with many facing long waits to be seen in emergency departments and severe delays in receiving an ambulance response. Staff are also under huge pressure and unable to provide the level of service they aspire to.
Our blog set out the Auditor General’s intention to undertake a programme of work that will assess the extent to which the system and its leadership structures are responding to the pressures in the unscheduled care system. Our Unscheduled Care Data Tool [opens in new window] also provides information on how the system is performing across a range of key indicators.
This update provides more information on the areas that our unscheduled care work will focus on, and the timing and approach for that work.
In the context of the Welsh Government’s launch of its Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care [opens in new window], and associated additional funding of £25 million annually, our work will examine a number of different elements of the unscheduled care system:
We plan to report the findings from Part 1 of our work during the autumn of 2022. With Parts 2 and 3 being reported in the early part of 2023.
We’ll apply a mixture of local and national reporting to ensure that our findings and any emerging recommendations are targeted to the appropriate audiences and governance structures.
For further information on this study, please contact info@audit.wales