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Steve Brown
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Health boards still face difficult decisions to balance budgets this year, despite the Welsh government providing an extra £425m in budget update.
Healthcare leaders welcomed the government’s agreement to meet the BMA as a positive step towards resolving ongoing industrial action.
Social care workforce development strategy will aim to identify the care workforce needed over the next 15 years.
NHS leaders have welcomed Labour’s proposals to tackle waiting lists, but warned far wider measures will be needed to address deep seated problems.
NHS systems in England are overspent by more than £1bn just five months into the financial year, driven by the costs of industrial action.
Local health boards in Wales will need to reduce this year’s planned deficits and have been warned against submitting deficit budgets for 2024/25.