Across Cardiff and the Vale, our partners continue to deliver meaningful change through collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to improving lives. From national recognition for vaccination efforts, to impactful conferences and measurable health outcomes, the last few months have showcased what’s possible when we work together. These highlights reflect the strength of our regional partnership and the positive difference being made in our communities every day.

RPB Conference: Stronger Together: Celebrating our Partnership

The 2025 RPB Annual Conference – “Stronger Together”, held at the Temple of Peace in May, brought together over 250 colleagues from health, social care, third sector, and lived experience backgrounds. The day was a powerful reflection of what can be achieved through true partnership. Workshops explored key themes such as neurodivergence, inclusive service design, and supporting unpaid carers, while the Partnership Marketplace gave organisations a chance to connect and showcase their work. Feedback highlighted the event’s energy, relevance, and the genuine focus on hearing from people with lived experience. It marked a significant milestone in strengthening collaboration across the region. Positive feedback underscored the power of collaboration and cross-sector innovation.
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Annual Report 24-25

The Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board (RPB) Annual Report for 24-25 provides an overview of progress made over the past year in delivering integrated health and social care services across the region. It highlights key achievements, partnership working, and the impact of collaborative programmes that support people to live well in their communities. The report reflects on challenges, celebrates innovation, and sets the foundation for continued improvement through shared learning and joint delivery, the full report can be accessed here.

RPB Annual Delivery Plan

The RPB Annual Delivery Plan sets out the partnership’s priorities and actions for the year ahead, aligned with national and regional strategies. It outlines how the RPB will work together to meet the needs of people in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, with a focus on prevention, early intervention, and seamless care. The plan provides a clear roadmap for implementation, accountability, and measuring progress across all key programme areas.

Safe@Home Service – Integrated Community Care

A team from the RPB along with operational and clinical leads from across health and social care went to look at the award winning Home First service in Carmarthenshire who are an integrated multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team who are co-located in a large office in Llanelli. Their main focus is to support timely discharge from hospital and provide community response to avoid hospital admission.
Previous visits inspired the development of the Safe@home service in Cardiff and Vale and members of that team joined the visit to continue to learn how we can develop our work as part of an Integrated Community Care System.

Our team were also able to showcase some of their work on Safe@home and also some of the work Sioned Owen, our Principal Analyst, has produced around tracking the benefits of hospital avoidance which will ultimately raise the profile of these types of services. Sioned is due to present this work soon to a national team as part of the 6 Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care to consider national adoption of the approach.

“The Home First team encompasses GP’s, District and Specialist Nurses, Community Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s), Social Workers, Delta Connect, Third Sector and Voluntary Services, Intermediate Care Services, Domiciliary Care Services, Residential and Nursing homes. All working together, prioritising proactive and preventative approaches through to crisis response approaches to optimise healthier days at home for the population, avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate their discharges home from hospital as soon as possible. This Intermediate Care Services, streamlined through a single point of access that is the Intermediate Care Multi-Disciplinary Team (ICMDT), and its significance in delivering ‘Home First’ in Carmarthenshire was initially introduced in October 2021” Building an Intermediate Care Team by NHS Wales Awards 2022 winners – Hywel Dda University Health Board – Improvement Cymru

Tackling Type 2 Diabetes

A new co-produced Type 2 Diabetes Improvement Plan was launched by Cardiff and Vale UHB in March 2025, with input from Bangor University, clinicians, and service users. Six investment priorities have been identified, from expanding community diabetes nurses to promoting exercise and education for families. Public Health Wales confirmed in June that the All-Wales Diabetes Prevention Programme reduced participant risk by 23% over 12 weeks.
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Vaccination Collaboration Recognised

Cardiff & Vale UHB and local authority partners won two accolades at the Vaccination Saves Lives Awards in May 2025. The awards recognised excellence in collaborative delivery, innovation, and uptake of vaccines across population groups. The RPB’s role in supporting this system-wide effort has been instrumental in driving accessible public health