Health and Social Care in a Digital Age

The Welsh health sector has failed to harness the full potential for digital technology. We would set ourselves the goal of Wales being a leader in the next wave of the digitalisation of healthcare.  We would create a digital innovation fund to create digital therapeutic apps across the main health conditions, to put the National Health and Care Service in everyone’s reach by 2025.

We would invest in new digital technology to ensure that IT systems are compatible and everyone in Wales can book a GP appointment online.

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