May 2020

Officers managed to catch up with two men near the house of an elderly woman as they waited for her to return home in Rhondda.The woman, 71, had gone to the bank to withdraw money – payment for them to clean her patio.But when the woman tried to withdraw hundreds of pounds, the bank clerk…

Many outpatient clinics are currently suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic and services in the NHS have had to find innovative ways in which to engage with patients to maintain and provide treatment. The Orthoptic service based in the Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, is one of the services helping their patients with the development…

“Nothing can prepare you” – what it’s really like to work in a Covid ITU If the warm weather is tempting you to bend the lockdown restrictions this weekend, reading the reality of the twelve and a half hour shifts that staff in our Covid19 ITU departments are working might make you think twice and…

Skates  Minister for Economy, Transport I am allocating £30,780 million in transport grants to local authorities across Wales for schemes that support my economic priorities for jobs and growth, promote economic activity through improved access to employment, encourage active and sustainable travel and connect communities. All local authorities were invited to submit applications for funding…

Commenting on the news that the Welsh Labour Government has been reported over alleged breaches of human rights in care homes, Janet Finch-Saunders MS – the Shadow Minister for Older People – said: “Just yesterday, I called on the Welsh Labour Government to enshrine the rights of our older residents into law, and said that I would…

NYAS Cymru has released a new report on care-experienced children and young people’s perspectives and experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Read it here:   NYAS Cymru Report on Care-experienced Young People and the Covid-19 pandemic – May.2020

AN AWARD-WINNING Welsh care agency says it welcomes the recent (May, 2020) announcement from the Welsh government of a £500 one-off bonus payment for social care workers.   First Minister, Mark Drakeford announced the bonus as part of a move to show staff in the sector that their hard work is appreciated and recognised during…

Tenovus Cancer Care has thanked its Aberdare Friends of Tenovus group as they get set to celebrate their 25th anniversary.   The fundraising group was set up in 1995 by the then-Chair Alison Isaac, who had lost her father to cancer.   Alison set up the group with friends and people from the community and raised…

The Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Social Care and Older People – Janet Finch-Saunders MS – has responded to the statement made today by the Welsh Government calling for older people’s rights to be protected in law. Mrs Finch-Saunders, responding to the statement by the Deputy Minister, said: “Older people have a right to be…