Every page on this site that addresses Performance Drift as part of its analysis. Pages can sit anywhere in the structure — feedback loops, system traps, interventions, or reference material — and may treat the concept centrally or as a supporting mechanism. Read in any order.
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- Monitoring Framework Four quadrants tracked monthly. A decision tree that distinguishes premature abandonment from genuine failure. The critical signal: one health board saying 'DHCW delivered what they promised.'
- The Credibility Death Spiral Trust is destroyed instantly by a missed deadline but takes 2-5 years of consistent delivery to rebuild. DHCW's CEO admitted in January 2026 that timelines presented to Senedd were over-optimistic.
- The Rebranding Escape When a programme fails, DHCW rebrands it. New name, new slides, same approach, same structural problems. WCCIS became Connecting Care after £42M+ and deployment to only 19 of 29 targets.
- Drift to Low Performance Standards have drifted past inefficient, through wasteful, to dangerous. WPAS linked to at least one patient death. Royal Colleges warn of delays that lead to worsening health.
- Intervention 2: Radical Transparency Live delivery dashboard, outcome-only KPIs, published vendor contracts and staff-reported confidence. Break the information fortress by statute.