What milestones will the Welsh Government use to monitor whether their interim winter plan is succeeding?
We will judge success through improvements in the areas that matter most to patients— reduced ambulance patient handover delays, shorter waits in emergency departments, improved hospital flow and safe discharge home when people no longer require hospital care, and patient experience and mortality rates.
To identify emerging winter pressures, we and NHS Wales Performance and Improvement monitor a range of indicators including escalating demand, ambulance handover performance, emergency department waits, bed occupancy, discharge delays and health board escalation status, enabling early action where pressures begin to build.