A web-based suite of educational resources has been developed by a consultant surgeon in Merthyr Tydfil to support patients through complex illnesses. Prof P.N. Haray, consultant surgeon and professor of coloproctology at Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, designed the website, which also offers guidance to nurses, medical students, junior doctors and surgical trainees. The site…
The launch of additional children’s phlebotomy clinics within the community is helping to speed up waiting times and allowing patients to receive more care closer to home. Cwm Taf University Health Board set up two clinics at Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda and Ysbyty Cwm Cynon after the phlebotomy clinics at Prince Charles and Royal Glamorgan…
Young people in Rhondda Cynon Taf have been recognised for their achievements throughout the year at the annual awards. The Council’s Youth Engagement and Participation Service held its annual Celebration Event at the Coliseum Theatre in Aberdare, with special guest Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby player Ken Owens. More than 400 people attended…
Working parents are set for a boost as Rhondda Cynon Taf Council confirms it will extend its free childcare and early years education to ALL eligible three and four year olds in the county borough by the end of 2018. Before then, the scheme has been expanded to the following electoral wards from the beginning…
New figures published in an annual report by the Welsh Government have shown that the number of registered GPs working in Wales is at its lowest since 2013. There are currently 1,926 GPs working in Wales – 83 fewer than in 2016. In the same period, the number of GP locums has risen by 10.2%….
A report on the step change needed in emotional and mental health support for children and young people in Wales The Children, Young People and Education Committee of the National Assembly for Wales has published a report on children and adolescent mental health. The report is the result of a wide-ranging enquiry into emotional and…
But no link found with hayfever medications. Certain antidepressants and bladder medications are linked to increased risk of dementia, according to new University of East Anglia research funded by Alzheimer’s Society and published today in the British Medical Journal. However, the study dispels earlier fears around some hayfever drugs and dementia. This is the largest…
The Council will benefit from a further £2.67m funding for Highways and Transportation schemes in 2018/19 from the Welsh Government – which in addition had also allocated a separate £1.5m to the Mountain Ash Cross Valley Link in late March 2018. The Highways funding has been confirmed as the Welsh Government announced details of its…
The Information Commissioner’s Office is prosecuting a councillor at Thanet District Council under section 77 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Cllr Suzanne Brimm, who represents the Birchington South Ward, has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Two charges relate to section 77 offences and the third is for non-notification. Section 77 FOIA concerns…
Dietitians are now providing a training service to staff who work in care homes in the Cwm Taf area to ensure that residents are receiving the correct nutrition and hydration for their needs. The service provided by dietitians in Cwm Taf has been a huge success. Every member of staff who has undergone training has…
