Welsh health boards are predicting a collective overspend of almost £176m for the current financial year. The £175.9m figure, as reported by Wales' seven health boards, represents an increase from 2016/17's overspend of £147.8m. In 2015/16, a £50.3m budget deficit was reported. BMA Welsh council chair David Bailey said the increase was 'deeply concerning' but…
Chairman of Cwm Taf University Health Board Marcus Longley officially opened the dementia-friendly Duffryn Suite at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon in Mountain Ash. The Mountain Ash RFC choir marked the occasion with songs in the hospital’s atrium. Changes to the routine on the ward one at the hospital focus on individual care. Patients wake up naturally…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL NOTICE UNDER SECTION 123(1) (2A) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 Notice is hereby given that the County Borough Council of Rhondda Cynon Taff intends to dispose of the following areas of land within Rhondda Cynon Taff which consists or forms part of an open space. ABERGORKI…
Our Community Conversations, sponsored by Wales & West Utilities, will bring together responsible employers in Wales with community organisations, stakeholder groups and peers to discuss the issues facing communities Date: 24 November 2017 Time: 10:00 to 13:00 Venue: The Pop Factory Jenkin Street PorthCF39 9PP Book now Business in the Community (BITC) Cymru has the power to…
Since the beginning of October, Neighbourhood Policing Teams across the South Wales Police area have been visiting schools, shopping centres and retailers to increase awareness among children, parents and shop workers about what they can do to ensure Hallowe’en and Guy Fawkes Night are fun and not feared by the community. South Wales Police is…
The Welsh health secretary is joining Macmillan Cancer Support and Cwm Taf at a ceremony to mark the building their new £7m palliative care unit near Llantrisant. Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport Vaughan Gething will join Macmillan and Cwm Taf University Health Board for a turf cutting event at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital…
Labour’s shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, is in denial over her party’s failings in Wales according to the Welsh Conservatives. Speaking to Good Morning Britain today, Ms Rayner claimed ‘education is improving’ in Wales despite facts pointing to the contrary. In Wales, the Labour government has failed successive generations of young people. Under…
Throughout Financial Capability Week, organisations across Wales will celebrate the ways that they are helping people to develop financial skills and knowledge, change their money mindset and working to ensure there is an inclusive and accessible financial system. They’ll be sharing their latest insight, getting together to learn from one another, find new and better…
Macmillan Cancer Support’s information and support bus Bertie will be in Aberdare on Thursday 2 November. The free information and support service will be available between 10am to 4pm on by the library on the High Street. Macmillan’s specialised and friendly team will be on hand to answer any questions about cancer. Bertie the bus is…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (FOOTPATH 45 HIRWAUN) (TEMPORARY FOOTPATH CLOSURE) ORDER 2017 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council intends not less than seven days from the date of this Notice to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 which will…
