Welsh Affairs Committee - Interim Report on Cross Border Health Services Published

The House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee have published their Interim Report on the Provision of Cross-Border Health Services for Wales.

The report identifies the following set of key criteria for the development of future cross-border health policies :

• Clincial excellence as close to home as possible
• Border proofing of policy and practice
• Cross-border citizen engagement
• Transparent and accountable co-operation between localities, regions and governments

The full copy of the report is available from the Welsh Affairs Committee website.

Also available is the new version of the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, which identifies those areas in Wales with the highest levels of deprivation indicators, including Health, Housing and Geographic Access to Services.