Emergency endoscopy procedures have continued throughout the Covid-19 pandemic at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend. However, outpatients requiring an endoscopy have also been able to access the service since the end of April 2020. An endoscopy is a procedure where organs inside your body are looked at using an instrument called an endoscope….
Families who benefit from government funded childcare support were given a boost as the Government announced that they would not lose out due to COVID-19. Working parents or carers, who are eligible for Tax-Free Childcare but have temporarily fallen below the minimum income requirement as a result of the pandemic, will continue to receive…
Commenting on the Welsh Government’s announcement that the Winter Protection Plan for this year will only be published in September, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health and Social Services Minister, Andrew RT Davies MS, said: “I appreciate the demands on government have been substantial in the response to coronavirus but with winter just around the corner this delay…
The Council has been made aware of an e-mail that has been sent to individuals which is an attempt to illicit bank account details from them. The e-mail, which starts with the following message You have a new message from GOV.UK about your Council Tax is a scam and an attempt to defraud individuals by suggesting that…
The Stroke Association has launched a new volunteer-run telephone support service to help stroke survivors who are feeling lonely or isolated. Here for You provides stroke survivors and their carers with regular telephone support and the charity wants to attract more volunteers to help rebuild lives after stroke. The coronavirus pandemic has meant that all Stroke Association Groups in Wales have been unable to meet, meaning stroke survivors are missing the vital support from other people who’ve had a stroke….
Neath dental hygienist, Kirsty Shaw is on a mission to improve the country’s oral health one smile at a time, and her new business the 28 Day Smile has been shortlisted for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2020. After finding out she was dyslexic in her 20s and having to resit her final-year university exams,…
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has launched CERi. CERi is a virtual agent (virtual artificial intelligence system) that can be used to answer Coronavirus queries from any digital device. CERi will answer anything on your mind, questions around mentally and physically healthy throughout the pandemic to coping with isolation. CERi also uses the Welsh Ambulance Service…
The Open Spaces Society calls for a better deal for open spaces in Wales. We have published a charter and have written to Julie James, the Minister for Housing and Local Government, and all of Wales’s planning authorities. We want the government to introduce a national plan and standards for open spaces and to revise and update technical…
Commenting on the report that patients were sent into care homes despite not receiving COVID-19 tests, the Shadow Minister for Health, Andrew RT Davies MS, said: “There can be no excuse for such an ill-thought decision which, of course, will have had a profound impact on some of our most vulnerable in care homes. I…
South Wales Advanced Motorcyclists (SWAM) staged a socially distanced ride-out for members as its first monthly event after the coronavirus pandemic. Over 30 members, associates and guests turned out for the day’s ride on 1 August, starting from Cardiff West and Bagle Brook services, taking in the Brecon Beacons, Penderyn, Llangorse Lake, Builth Wells…
