Overview

The Ministry of Health of Wales has introduced the Prudent healthcare policy to transform service delivery towards empowering people through enhanced health literacy and engagement of patients in clinical decision-making, self-management and care planning. Prudent healthcare seeks to minimise interventions and maximise effectiveness. The policy places people at the centre of decision-making working in partnership with patients to co-produce a course of action with shared responsibility. Particular focus here has been devoted to the implications for the health workforce, the first foundation of “walking the talk on people-centredness”.