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This publication highlights a number of Bevan Commission Exemplar projects across a range of areas that address specific bottlenecks, enhance patient flow, and optimise resource use. Adopting these approaches across Wales could provide immediate support to help reduce waiting times.

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Bevan Commission Programmes Are Underpinned By The Four Principles Of Prudent Healthcare

Developed and tested by the Bevan Commission in 2013, the prudent principles sit at the heart of the Welsh Government’s long-term plan for a healthier Wales. The principles will help ensure that Wales and other nations have health and care systems that best meet the needs of their citizens.

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Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community.

ANEURIN BEVAN, NHS FOUNDER

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