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‘Asset-based welfare’ was one of the social policy innovations of the last Labour government in the UK. A recent financialization critique suggests policies such as the Child Trust Fund were aimed at creating subjects for financial markets. This paper argues that the focus on New Labour in Westminster overlooks the way that the Welsh government tried to shape asset-based welfare in different directions. This is emphasized as part of efforts to boost financial inclusion, that is the access that those on low incomes have to mainstream financial services. The Welsh government placed more weight on this alternative financial inclusion agenda by boosting progressive universalism and encouraging the delivery of assets through credit unions. Welsh efforts though were constrained by both the ideology and austerity programme imposed from the centre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Map of Medicine provides access to around 400 care pathways for clinicians. Its primary function is to support clinical decision-making and increase clinical effectiveness. It also has the potential to act as an educational tool. This paper seeks to explore that function and to evaluate how student nurses take advantage of this facility. Two student nursing cohorts at a single college in Wales were asked to complete two questionnaires; one at the point where the Map of Medicine was first introduced to them, and subsequently six months later. The results show that the expressed initial enthusiasm for the Map waned over the six months, but that most students recognized the benefits of the online resource compared with paper-based alternatives. Traditional resources remain important and there were indications that access to other resources or forgetting about using it alongside the lack of IT access in a clinical setting may have presented a barrier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article examines adult social care policy in Wales. It argues that successive Welsh Governments have sought to develop policy which rejects the principles of marketisation and individualisation that have characterised the public sector policy of UK governments for decades, and upholds instead a distinctive set of socialist-inclined values. It assesses whether Welsh social care policy and legislation effectively diverge from the Westminster paradigm, and how Welsh Governments have dealt with the narrative of 'personalisation' which dominates social care discussion elsewhere in the UK. It finds that Welsh Governments have to date struggled to craft social care policies that incorporate their stated principles, explores the difficulties inherent in superimposing new principles on inherited policy narratives and mechanisms, and considers the implications for devolved policymaking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Making amends for adverse events arising during hospital care, in a manner that will satisfy most people, is difficult. In this issue of Clinical Risk, the Chief Solicitor with Welsh Health Legal services describes the progress of the NHS Redress Scheme initiative in Wales, an important step forward. Theme of this review is to examine the manner in which errors in hospital practice are addressed for patients who desire compensation, how the issues of making amends have been managed, and how these may affect what may be regarded as a prime recompense - that of improving the quality and safety of healthcare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since April 2011, concerns about treatment or care in the NHS raised by patients, their relatives or members of NHS staff have been subject to investigation under new regulations brought in by the devolved Welsh Government. The intention is 'to do it once; do it well' and if there is a qualifying liability in tort, to deal with any lower value claim expeditiously and economically. More importantly,lessons learned are acknowledged and shared in a drive towards 'putting things right' for the future. It is early days for the scheme as yet but this article sets out the general rules of engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]