The Bevan Commission is Wales’ leading health and care think tank

We challenge, change and champion thinking and practice to ensure sustainable health and care that is fit for the future.

What are you looking for?

The Tipping Point: Where next for health and care?

Join us on the 5/6 July for open and honest conversations about the future of our health service.

 

Celtic Manor, Newport, 5th-6th July 2023 

Book tickets
Read more

Bevan Commission programmes are underpinned by the four principles of prudent healthcare

Developed and tested by the Bevan Commission in 2013, the prudent principles sit at the heart of the Welsh Government’s long-term plan for a healthier Wales. The principles will help ensure that Wales and other nations have health and care systems that best meet the needs of their citizens.

Explore the prudent principles

Our thinking

Analysis, commentary and resources to inform and guide transformational change fit for the future. We collaborate and engage across Wales and internationally to harness expertise and experiences that challenge the status quo and inform policy and practice.

More reports and commentary

Exemplar spotlight

The super-agers project mobilises a regional programme across Cwm Taf Morgannwg to increase physical activity opportunities for older adults in the community. The initiative increased the sense of wellbeing for all those involved.

Read more
Elderly people at a community sports event
Photo of Aneurin Bevan
quotation icon

Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community.

Aneurin Bevan, NHS Founder

Inspring the work of the Bevan Commission