Former Welsh health minister Morgan has committed to a public consultation over the summer to help determine the Welsh Government's priorities and structure until 2026.

The Welsh NHS Confederation is calling on Morgan to prioritise improving the future health of the population and how we transform services to meet changing needs to determine the Welsh Government's priorities for the next 18 months.

Darren Hughes, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, said: ‘The wider determinants of health - fair work, housing, transport, access to green spaces, leisure and the arts - are all essential to our health. In such economically challenging times, budgets impacting the wider determinants of health become more squeezed. However, unless we reverse these spending cuts, this will lead to greater costs and unmet need in the long-term.

‘We are therefore calling for the first minister's listening exercise to include a conversation on what every individual, organisation, sector and government department can do to improve our chances of living healthier lives. All sectors and government departments must work together to co-produce the transformation of health and care services and engage with the public as part of this. It's simply not an option to stay as we are, we need to think about the future now.'