Will the Welsh Government ring-fence funding within this year’s budget specifically to deliver national and targeted stroke-prevention awareness campaigns?
We published the Quality Statement for Stroke in 2021, which sets out our ambition to reduce the risk of stroke, and, when it does occur, for people to have an excellent chance of surviving and returning to independence as quickly as possible.
As accountable organisations for the planning and delivery of services for their populations, including awareness campaigns and communication activities, I expect NHS organisations to use the quality statement to plan how services and activities are developed and delivered within their overall funding allocations from Welsh Government.
Funding is through existing core budgets provided to health boards and Public Health Wales to plan and deliver on NHS planning framework requirements including the population health and prevention strategic priority.