FAI Deputy Director João Sousa is joined by Ed Poole and Guto Ifan to talk about the health service and health spending in Wales: how spending levels and growth look compared to other parts of the UK, the performance of the health service and what the manifestos say about this most important of government spending areas.
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Timestamps
(0:06) Introductions
(1:57) Health’s place in the Welsh Government’s budget
(5:48) Performance of the Welsh NHS
(10:51) Productivity challenges
(15:31) The challenges of moving to a prevention model
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Authors
João is Deputy Director and Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute. Previously, he was a Senior Fiscal Analyst at the Office for Budget Responsibility, where he led on analysis of long-term sustainability of the UK's public finances and on the effect of economic developments and fiscal policy on the UK's medium-term outlook.
Ed Gareth Poole
Ed is Reader in Reader in Politics at Cardiff University and part of the Wales Governance Centre
Guto Ifan
Guto is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University and part of the Wales Governance Centre