Our Annual Plan for 2026/27 builds on the work we did last year and sets out how we aim to improve the health of our population. We want to care for people safely, on time and to a high standard, while understanding the challenges facing the NHS in Wales.
We will continue to focus on people who need care most urgently, including those needing emergency care and cancer treatment. At the same time, we will work to make it easier for people to access services in their local community. We help people to stay well, focus on prevention, reduce long waits for hospital services when needed, and make lasting improvements to how well our services run.
Where we are not yet able to meet every national standard, we have clear recovery plans ready to use if more funding or staff become available.
Our commitment to providing safe, high‑quality care for every patient remains strong. We will also make sure we continue to use our money wisely, so that patients, staff, and the public all benefit from the decisions we make.
Below is a summary of our progress from the last year and our priority areas for the year ahead. Click here to view more detail in our approved Annual Plan for 2026/27 (PDF, 28/05/2026, 3,127KB) (opens in new tab).
Our Annual Plan for 2026/27 focuses on four main priorities – our strategic objectives. These match national health plans and are called: thriving teams, healthier communities, great care, and positive futures.
We believe everything starts with thriving teams. When our staff feel supported and valued, they can give the best care to people. This is especially important in health care, which is all about people helping people.
These teams help to support healthier communities. They do this by focusing on tackling the barriers to health inequalities, strengthening and developing primary care and community services around the needs, experiences, and wellbeing of local communities. We will also work to develop resilient communities that are connected.
When people need it, they should receive great care that is safe, high quality and provided in a timely way, helping them achieve better health.
Finally, we want to build positive futures, where people are born healthy, live well, age well, and are supported with dignity at the end of life. We also want the NHS to play its part in building a strong and sustainable society.
Our Annual Plan for 2026/27 is clear, realistic, and open, and shows the progress we have made. It shares the challenges we still face, and our promise to improve people’s health and make it easier to access care across mid and west Wales.
We understand that there are risks to delivering our plan for 2026/27, especially around having enough staff and managing our finances. And while we have planned carefully, we also know that some things are outside our control. We have set out these risks in the plan, along with what we will do to reduce them.
We have also updated how our committees work to make things clearer and better organised. Each committee is responsible for checking progress against the goals in the Annual Plan that relate to their area of work.
We will check our progress throughout the year and share updates on how we are doing.