P-06-1269 Don't let the plan run out for dying people in Wales – Correspondence from the Petitioner to the Committee, 01.09.23

Many thanks for sending this on to us. Please can our following response be passed on to the Committee:

We welcome the response from the Minister and further detail about the End of Life Care Programme team’s early work and focus. We are pleased that workstreams and expert groups are now in place and look forward to working with the Programme team to deliver on the aspirations of the Quality Statement. We hope to see co-production embedded throughout the Programme’s work going forward. It is of urgent importance that an implementation plan is developed by the Programme on a similar footing to the Cancer Implementation Plan. This would provide the detail and clarity on how we transform palliative and end of life care in Wales in the longer term.

We still have questions about the implementation of the Quality Statement and how the Programme team’s work will be effectively taken forward by Health Boards, particularly given the very challenging financial climate. However, we recognise that these questions of delivery and accountability are also pertinent to the wider system under the new NHS Wales Executive. As such they go beyond the scope of this petition.  We therefore suggest closing this petition and thank the Committee for their continued support.

Please do let me know if you need these comments formally in writing, I would be happy to provide a letter if so.

Best wishes,