St John BBC Children in Need Appeal 2016
Thank you to everyone who helped us raise a record £2662.40 for Children in Need! http://www.stjohnbaptist.co.uk/article/2017/1/12/bbc-children-in-need-appeal-2016#&panel1-7
2017
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Attacks on NHS staff ‘unacceptable’
Violence against NHS staff is unacceptable, BMA Cymru Wales has said, after it was revealed there were 18,000 physical attacks on workers during the last five years. According to information supplied to BBC Wales through the Freedom of Information Act, hospital staff in Wales were physically attacked more than 18,000 times while at work. BMA…
Multi-million pound investment announced into specialist care for babies, maternity services and child health at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil
More than £6m is being invested in Prince Charles Hospital to increase the size of its neonatal unit and expand its maternity facilities with refurbished birthing rooms and three new pools. The investment from Welsh Government, following a comprehensive business case from Cwm Taf University Health Board, will provide: • an expansion of the neonatal…
Proposed new school to be constructed in Cwmaman
AberdareOnline was sent copies of documentation regarding the proposed new school to be constructed in Cwmaman we believe they should be brought to the attention of the local residents who’s children would use the school.
Rhydyfelin Councillor a tad upset by Lib Dem getting things done.
Cllr Maureen Webber, Labour Councillor for Rhydyfelin and Deputy Leader of the Council got a little bit uppity this week when Welsh Lib Dem Councillor Mike Powell reported some flytipping and rubbish accumulating in her ward. Mike had been at work doing his "day job" as a heating engineer in the area when someone mentioned…
Supreme Court to rule next week on disability discrimination and public services
The Supreme Court will next week hand down a key ruling on the reasonable adjustments which a bus company is required to make to accommodate disabled wheelchair users. The appellant, Doug Paulley, in FirstGroup Plc v Paulley UKSC 2015/0025 is a permanent wheelchair user who had attempted in 2012 to board a bus operated by FirstGroup. A…
St John Baptist Church in Wales High School Community Challenge
For our Welsh Baccalaureate we decided to work as a group. We decided to run a selection box appeal within our school and local community, and then distribute them to local Nursing Homes. We wanted the people who would be getting the selection boxes to know that we were thinking about them over Christmas, and…
Our Minor Injury Units are being praised by patients
People who have urgent but not life-threatening injuries are being encouraged to visit Minor Injuries Units for treatment. The Units, which are based in Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda and Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, can deal with fractures and joint dislocations, wounds, minor back and neck injuries, bites, eye, ear and nose injuries. Patients who visit the units…
“New treatment fund isn’t a new treatment fund at all”, says Angela Burns AM
Welsh Conservatives’ spokesperson for health has today raised serious concerns about the £80m new treatment fund – launched today by the Welsh Government – which she says “isn’t new at all”. Angela Burns AM, Welsh Conservative Shadow Secretary for Health, said that the fund merely enables patients expedite the process of accessing drugs that have…
Continuing troubles for Labour
Roger Scully analyses the results of the latest Wales Barometer Poll. Labour have fallen to their lowest levels of support in Wales, for both Westminster and the National Assembly, since before the 2010 general election. This is the stand-out finding to emerge from the latest Welsh Political Barometer poll, the first opinion poll to be…