TY - JOUR T1 - Future Hospital update from Wales JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - 86 LP - 86 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.2-2-86 VL - 2 IS - 2 AU - Rhid Dowdle Y1 - 2015/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/2/2/86.abstract N2 - Winter, for the RCP in Wales, like autumn, was occupied by a number of significant political events. As controversy takes hold in north Wales over the reorganisation of consultant-led obstetrics and gynaecology services, and hospitals continue to recover after a particularly difficult winter at the front door, the NHS in Wales remains in the headlines. The team in Wales, led by the RCP vice president for Wales, Dr Alan Rees, has been out and about, promoting the need for a patient-centred, clinically-led model of care, based on the Future Hospital report.1For example, the RCP Wales team, made up of physicians and patient representatives, attended the Welsh Labour, the Welsh Conservative and the Plaid Cymru political party conferences in February and March. Our key messages were taken from the Future Hospital report and the RCP Wales policy paper, Rising to the challenge.2 We urged all political parties to support the Future … ER -