Welsh local authorities have won a Supreme Court dispute with NHS bodies over responsibility for paying for the work done by registered nurses in social rather than health care settings. An estimated £250m a year was said to be at stake in the case of R (on the application of Forge Care Homes Ltd and others)…
GPs in a Merthyr Tydfil practice are saving up to six hours a week in appointment time by operating a 24-hour E-consultation system. The web-based consultations are accessed via the practice website and offer medical advice, prescriptions or sick notes, or a referral to a face-to-face appointment if necessary. The scheme has been running successfully…
Changes to the state pension age have left women aged between 60 and 62 years old worse off by an average of £32 a week, according to a new report. The report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found 1.1m fewer women are receiving a state pension after the Government decided to raise the state pension…
As the world celebrates Breastfeeding Week this week, Public Health Wales has revealed that only around half of parents (51 per cent) in Wales say that they were definitely going to breastfeed their baby when they were pregnant. This means that almost a half were definitely going to bottle feed or were unsure about their…
This year its the 20th anniversary of arguably the most successful and influential band to have come from Wales, Stereophonics. Cwmaman is the bands hometown, and the Cwmaman Working Mens Club is where the band met, formed a band, and played their first ever gigs. They returned in 2007 to celebrate 10 years as…
Aberdare West PACT Meeting August 2, 2017 5:45 pm at St Fagans Community Hall, Windsor Street, Trecynon. We were informed that a discussion concerning dogs to be kept on leads in Aberdare Park would take place at the PACT meeting Aberdare West this Wednesday. Aberdare Park is used people outside the area of…
Aberdare and South Wales community – SJB staff need your support! Are you able to donate a prize to our October raffle this year? The more money we raise the more support and help goes to some of the most vulnerable people in Wales via the work of @LlamauUK http://www.llamau.org.uk/sleep-out/
The public services ombudsman has criticised Cwm Taf health board for taking more than three years to handle a complaint. A woman, referred to as Mrs D, died at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant a day after being admitted in November 2012. A report by the public services ombudsman for Wales found Cwm Taf…
