£30m to support community care in Wales - 'further, faster'
In a new workstream (referred to as 'Further, faster') the Welsh Government have committed to investing £30m in community care to reduce pressures on hospitals. It is intended that this will help to:
- deliver thousands of extra hours of reablement services across Wales – providing as a safe alternative to hospital admission and to keep people at home, or so people can recover at home more quickly after a stay in hospital
- recruit more community workers to advise people on how they can access the right support and services to help them recover and lead independent lives
- ensure every local authority has a Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Responder Service by winter 2024; currently only 10 local authorities have this facility; using the latest monitoring technology this service will ensure people can get the help they need as quickly as possible
- move towards 24/7 Community nursing by increasing the availability of community nurses across Wales for an extra 10 hours a day on Saturday and Sundays
- strengthen community specialist palliative care – by making specialist nurses available overnight
- practical support for local services to collaborate to put in place an individual care plan for those people identified as most at risk for urgent care; this will help to reduce hospital admissions
Press release available here:
Up to £30m investment in community care to reduce pressure on hospitals | GOV.WALES
Oral Statement: Building Capacity through Community Care – Further Faster (6 June 2023) | GOV.WALES
