Transform Wales

Audit Wales recently published a series of audits examining digital delivery across NHS Wales. Health boards spend £216m a year on technology, with more than £170m going on ageing legacy systems - leaving only around 20% for digital change.

Yn ddiweddar, cyhoeddodd Archwilio Cymru gyfres o archwiliadau yn edrych ar ddarpariaeth ddigidol ar draws GIG Cymru Mae byrddau iechyd yn gwario £216m y flwyddyn ar dechnoleg, gyda mwy na £170m yn mynd ar systemau etifeddol sy’n heneiddio - gan adael dim ond tua 20% ar gyfer newid digidol

Ar ôl seibiant bach dros yr haf, rydyn ni’n gyffrous i fod nôl gyda rhywbeth newydd. Digwyddiad cyntaf Trawsnewid Cymru! Rydyn ni’n ymuno â @gavinfreeguard.com a @transformgovtalks.bsky.social am noson i drafod beth sydd ei angen ar gyfer trawsnewid digidol yng Nghymru. luma.com/gaq6niit

After a summer break, we’re excited to be back with something new. Our first Transform Wales event! We’re teaming up with @gavinfreeguard.com and @transformgovtalks.bsky.social for an evening exploring what we need to create the conditions for digital transformation in Wales. luma.com/gaq6niit

Today is the first of a new 5-part blog series about better government for Wales — and how to deliver change that lasts. Too often, conversations about public services focus only on what government should deliver. But far less attention is paid to how change happens in practice.

Heddiw yw’r gyntaf mewn cyfres flog newydd 5 rhan am lywodraeth well i Gymru — a sut i gyflawni newid sy’n para. Yn rhy aml, mae sgyrsiau am wasanaethau cyhoeddus yn canolbwyntio ar beth ddylai llywodraeth ei ddarparu. Ond mae llawer llai o sylw’n cael ei roi i sut mae newid yn digwydd yn ymarferol

Heddiw, mae Cymru’n pleidleisio. Beth bynnag eich gwleidyddiaeth, ewch allan i bleidleisio yn etholiad y Senedd heddiw. Bydd y penderfyniadau sy’n cael eu gwneud dros y 5 mlynedd nesaf yn siapio ein GIG, ein cynghorau, ein heconomi a’n gwasanaethau cyhoeddus am genhedlaeth.

Darganfyddwch ble mae eich gorsaf bleidleisio: bwrwpleidlais.cymru A gwybodaeth am eich ymgeiswyr: whocanivotefor.co.uk

Heddiw, mae Cymru’n pleidleisio. Beth bynnag eich gwleidyddiaeth, ewch allan i bleidleisio yn etholiad y Senedd heddiw. Bydd y penderfyniadau sy’n cael eu gwneud dros y 5 mlynedd nesaf yn siapio ein GIG, ein cynghorau, ein heconomi a’n gwasanaethau cyhoeddus am genhedlaeth.

Yn Trawsnewid Cymru, rydym wedi treulio’r flwyddyn ddiwethaf yn dadlau bod angen mwy na “phapur wal digidol” a chyhoeddiadau technoleg sgleiniog ar Gymru. Mae angen trwsio’r systemau, y sgiliau a’r ffyrdd o weithio sy’n sail i wasanaethau cyhoeddus.

Today, Wales votes. Whatever your politics, please take the time to vote in the Senedd election. The decisions made over the next 5 years will shape our NHS, councils, economy, infrastructure and public services for a generation.

Find out where your polling station is: vote.wales And information about your candidates: whocanivotefor.co.uk

Today, Wales votes. Whatever your politics, please take the time to vote in the Senedd election. The decisions made over the next 5 years will shape our NHS, councils, economy, infrastructure and public services for a generation.

At Transform Wales, we’ve spent the last year arguing that Wales needs more than “digital wallpaper” and shiny tech announcements. We need to fix the underlying systems, skills and ways of working that public services rely on.

🧵With the Senedd election just over a week away, we’ve been digging through the manifestos. We’ve put them to the test against the recommendations in our report, "Transforming Public Services for a Modern Wales" — our manual for a 21st-century state.

From Plaid’s "test and learn" plans to Labour’s new Minister for Digital, there are sparks of hope—but the "holistic" side of digital (culture, delivery models, agile) still feels like it’s in the back seat.

🧵With the Senedd election just over a week away, we’ve been digging through the manifestos. We’ve put them to the test against the recommendations in our report, "Transforming Public Services for a Modern Wales" — our manual for a 21st-century state.

We’re also seeing big promises on transparency and data portals. Our report calls for "working in the open," but this data must be used to fundamentally redesign services around user needs — focusing on outcomes for the public rather than just monitoring outputs.

🧵With the Senedd election just over a week away, we’ve been digging through the manifestos. We’ve put them to the test against the recommendations in our report, "Transforming Public Services for a Modern Wales" — our manual for a 21st-century state.

We're seeing a lot of "AI hype." While AI is a tool, it's not a silver bullet. If you bolt it onto a broken, manual process, you just get an expensive, broken process. We need to focus on the unsexy stuff—identity, payments, and shared data.

🧵With the Senedd election just over a week away, we’ve been digging through the manifestos. We’ve put them to the test against the recommendations in our report, "Transforming Public Services for a Modern Wales" — our manual for a 21st-century state.