Many elderly and vulnerable people across the County Borough have celebrated National Meals on Wheels Week – by tucking into their meal which has been freshly prepared by the Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council continues to be the only Council in Wales to deliver meals, for seven-days-a-week, to over 1,000 people. All meals are freshly-prepared…
Over 200 awards, qualifications and accreditations have been presented to those on the frontline of caring for Rhondda Cynon Taf’s most vulnerable and in-need adults and children. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Annual Community and Children’s Services Award Ceremony was once again a resounding success, with hundreds of staff from across the service area receiving their…
The number of people waiting over 12 hours in major Welsh emergency departments rose again last month. 2,169 spent more than half a day waiting for treatment in October, up 223 on September. A 95 per cent target to see patients within four hours was also missed, with latest stats showing the figure stood…
Officers from the Merthyr Neighbourhood Policing Team, and Northern Community Safety Department, launched an operation on Sunday and Monday (15th & 16th November) to tackle anti social behaviour related to the use of off-road bikes in the area, following concerns and complaints which have been raised by the local community. The team worked in partnership…
Sign up for our Manifesto Thunderclap – support and spread awareness of our calls for action! Right now, you’re probably asking yourself what is a Thunderclap? It’s a new website that allows people to pledge to Tweet or Facebook a message all on the same day – and at the exact same time – in…
Welsh Conservatives have criticised another missed monthly target to treat urgent suspected cases of cancer in Wales. 85.9 per cent of patients were seen within 62 days in September, according to statistics published today. Labour’s target is 95 per cent, which hasn’t been met since June 2008. The figure is slightly better than…
In the first six weeks of this years’ flu campaign 70% of children in reception class, year 1 and year 2 across Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf have already received their free vaccine. Here's a full list of when our vaccination team will be visiting each school across Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon…
Welsh Conservatives will today announce plans to tackle delayed transfers of care in Wales; plans they claim could save the Welsh NHS up to £21 million a year. The proposals will be the subject of a Senedd debate this afternoon led by Shadow Minister for Social Services, Dr Altaf Hussain AM. Writing for Click…
Year 9 pupils have had a busy few weeks collecting items for the Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Appeal. After a busy month, pupils were thrilled to have collected enough items for 120 shoeboxes. They spent many hours during several weeks of their lunchtimes organising items, wrapping shoeboxes and quality checking each box. A number of pupils…
