This symposium seeks to examine the challenging issues around the health and care budget, questioning whether current levels of spending are sustainable and examining alternative approaches to achieving the health and well-being outcomes we all wish to see.

Draft Programme

09:00am – 09:30am

Registration

09:30am – 09:45am

Welcome from Ms Helen Mary Jones (Deputy Director, Morgan Academy) and Introduction to Bethan Rhys-Roberts (Conference Chair)

09:45am – 10:00am

Why we can’t carry on like this – Setting the Challenge

Professor Sir Mansel Aylward

10:00am – 11:00am

Evidence Panel

Adam Roberts (Head of Economics, Health Foundation)

David Phillips (Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies)

Michael Trickey (Director, Public Wales Service)

Dr Daria Luchinskaya (Research Associate, Public Wales Service)

11:15am – 13:00pm

Strategy Debate 1 – Investing in the Wider Determinants of Health and Wellbeing

Gerald Holtham (Visiting Professor, Cardiff Metropolitan University)

Sophie Howe (The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales)

Debbie Wilcox (Leader, Welsh Local Government Association)

Dr Tracey Cooper (Chief Executive, Public Health Wales)

Alun Thomas (CEO, Hafal)

13:45pm – 15:15pm

Strategy Debate 2 – Investing in Health and Scial Care

Steven Phillips (Chief Executive, Neath Port Talbot Council)

Tracy Myhill (Chief Executive, ABMU)

Cllr Susan Elsmore (Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health)

Tina Donnelly CBE (Director, RCN Wales)

Dr Robin Roop (Vice President, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Wales)

15:15pm – 15:45pm

Keynote Speaker: Mark Drakeford AM (Cabinet Secretary for Finance)

15:45pm – 16:30pm

Political Panel Debate

Assembly Members respond to issues raised

16:30pm – 16:45pm

Closing remarks – Helen Mary Jones (Morgan Academy)

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