FALLS among older people is one of the major issues facing the NHS today across the UK with falls being the leading cause of accidental death and disability in older people in England and in Wales. An estimated 230,000-460,000 people over the age of 60 fall in Wales each year. Between 11,500 and 45,900 of…
A new Public Health Wales programme, Every Child Wales, is being launched today (24 July) to improve the health and wellbeing of children, as new survey results reveal that parents do not always recognise when their child is overweight. In the survey, just 4 per cent of parents with children aged 4 to 5 described their…
Councils have been urged not to reduce the number of times verges are trimmed, after a new poll found two-fifths of drivers reported problems with overgrown foliage on local roads. A survey by the AA found two fifths (42%) of drivers said sight lines at junctions are a problem due to overgrown shrubs and long…
On Thursday July 20th a delegation from Fair Deal for Supply Teachers met with members of the Welsh Assembly. As you may be aware the agency rates for daily supply teaching in Wales are £90 – £95 a day, the worst in the UK. We heard stories of supply teachers leaving to stack shelves in…
Plans by Macmillan Cancer Support and Cwm Taf University Health Board to develop a £6.75m specialist care unit near Llantrisant have been approved. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council has approved the charity and health board’s plans to build a specialist palliative care unit at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. Macmillan plans to donate £5m…
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales are looking at how health services communicate with each other when a person is discharged from hospital back to the care of their GP Hospitals should make sure that the information they send back to a GP (when a person is discharged from hospital) is as helpful as possible so that…
Welsh Government ministers will need to convince Valleys communities that their new action plan is more than just a “glossy PR exercise”, say Welsh Conservatives. The Welsh Labour Government launches ‘Our Valleys, Our Future’ today – the product of a year of consultations by its Valleys task force. But Welsh Conservatives are warning that public…
Commenting on the UK Conservative Government’s announcement that the Severn Bridge tolls will be abolished by end of 2018, Shadow Transport Secretary, Russell George AM, said: “Welsh Conservatives have long called for the abolition of the Severn Bridge tolls and this move will provide a huge boost to motorists and a shot in the…
UK Parliamentary General Election Thursday 8 June 2017 RHONDDA, CYNON VALLEY AND PONTYPRIDD CONSTITUENCIES Return of Candidate Expenses Notice is given that the returns and declarations as to expenses of the candidates standing in the UK Parliamentary general election held on Thursday 8 June 2017 in the Rhondda, Cynon Valley and Pontypridd constituencies are…
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Welsh Office Circular 32/92 Application Affecting Public Right of Way Application No: 17/0638/10 Applicant: Mr Ward Proposed construction of new 4-bed Proposal: bungalow (Affecting Public Right of Way RAN/32/1). Location: CALFARIA, BRIDGEND ROAD, LLANHARAN, PONTYCLUN, CF72 9RB Sardis Road, Pontypridd, CF37 1DU neu…
