Auditor general calls for more chronic illness care improvements

Services for patients with chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes need to be improved, says a watchdog.

About a third of the Welsh adult population - 800,000 people - are affected by a chronic condition.

But services were "poorly co-ordinated" despite some improvements, the report by the Wales Audit Office warned.

The Welsh government said it would consider the findings alongside its existing plans for improvements.

Steffan Messenger reports.