The latest statistics for A&E performance show that 120 people waited more than 12 hours at the Royal Glamorgan to be either admitted or treated and released. This despite a target set by the Welsh Labour Government in May of 2013 that nobody would wait that long. Only 78.2% of patients were seen within the…
We held a little celebration last week to mark the first birthday of our redesigned ico.org.uk. It seems appropriate to take a look back over the year and 4.7m visits, and ahead to some of the improvements and new services coming up. Over the year we’ve seen that: the top three services by usage…
Can you help? South Wales Police are trying to trace the man in this photograph as he may be able to assist with our enquiries into an attempted theft in Aberdare. It is believed he was in the area of Asda's, Cwmbach, Aberdare around 11.30am on Friday 20th November when the attempted theft occurred. We would…
Police officers in the Rhondda joined forces with Alzheimer's Society staff to improve their understanding of dementia. The Rhondda Neighbourhood Policing Team were given specialist training to help them understand the disease and how it can affect people. This included how to spot the signs of someone with dementia and how to handle their needs….
Welsh Conservatives have welcomed today’s interim findings of the ‘Diamond Review’, which confirm the party’s long-standing criticism of Labour’s ‘unsustainable’ tuition fees policy. An ‘interim report’ on Professor Ian Diamond’s Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance Arrangements in Wales has today summarised evidence received, ahead of its full publication next year. It includes a…
Cwmparc siblings Leon and Louise Griffiths were just 10 and 8 respectively when they were taken into care. They left their home for school one morning and never returned, instead going straight from their classrooms into the Ton Pentre home of foster carer Susanne Smith and her partner Martyn. Being taken into care so suddenly…
Image by http://www.chasecross.co.uk/Computer-Repairs.php Residents looking to get online at home can do so for less than £100, thanks to an innovative Rhondda Cynon Taf Council partnership. And, for a limited time only, those who take advantage of the important digital inclusion scheme can enjoy a further five per cent discount on the cost of a computer. …
Commenting on the publication of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission’s State of the Nation 2015 report, Shadow Education Minister, Angela Burns AM, said: “For many years, it has been clear that the Welsh Labour Government needs to do more to utilise the levers at its disposal to drive social mobility in Wales. “With…
Chwarae Teg, the charity that works to help women in Wales achieve and prosper, is now delivering Agile Nation 2 the successor to the highly successful Agile Nation project which ran from 2008 to 2014. The European Social Fund and Welsh Government funded Agile Nation 2 project is running between 2015 and 2018, to provide…
Following the success of its free text reminder service in July Cwm Taf University Health Board is now launching a free voice reminder service to home telephones, to reduce the number of missed hospital appointments. The equivalent of a capacity crowd at the Millennium Stadium failed to turn up for outpatient appointments in Cwm…
