Reports

We started our work on 1 April 2023. We replaced the 7 Community Health Councils in Wales and the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales, and we picked up the things that the Community Health Councils were working on.

We have been continuing to support people and communities through our
engagement, involvement with service changes and our complaints advocacy
service. At the same time, we have been learning how to do things in ways that will support our duties and responsibilities, as one independent body.

In Powys, there are 13 localities which are centred around the largest towns and their surrounding areas. These localities are used by the Regional Partnership Board, Local Authority and Local Health Board.

In Powys Llais, for our local-based engagement, we decided to mirror this approach and focus our activity around these same 13 localities.  We piloted a period of engagement in the Welshpool and Montgomery locality during June 2023.

We searched for ways to engage with people of all ages and with different interests and to listen to their views about health and social care services.

This report outlines what we heard from people during this engagement activity.

We are pleased to provide this submission to the Senedd Equality and Social Justice Committee for the inquiry on data justice and the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS.