This week across CTM we are marking Advanced Practitioners Week by celebrating the role of Advanced Practitioner in our Health Board. Advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) are healthcare professionals, educated to Master’s level, with the skills and knowledge to allow them to expand their scope of practice to meet the needs of the people they care…
Audit Wales Financial Sustainability Assessment of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council https://www.wao.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/rct_council_financial_sustainability_english.pdf undertook this assessment as financial sustainability continues to be a risk to councils putting in place proper arrangements to secure value for money in the use of resources. The Council continues to be well placed to manage its financial sustainability. Toolkit Audit…
The Council’s Youth Engagement and Participation Service (YEPS) has been awarded the Quality Mark For Youth Work in Wales. https://www.aberdareonline.co.uk/news/rhondda-cynon-taff/labour-run-rct-council-close-most-youth-clubs-down-now-looking-younger The Quality Mark embraces the diversity of types of provision and their styles of delivery. The Bronze Award presented to YEPS is in recognition of its performance management, quality of youth work practice and young…
An 85 year-old man from Mountain Ash had to wait 13 hours for an ambulance after suffering a stroke, leading to fears by his family that he might never fully recover. David Evans was at his home in late October when he had a stroke, with the first call to emergency services made at 6:45pm….
Labour ministers must make their recovery plan for Cardiff Airport public if they are serious about turning its fortunes around, the Welsh Conservative have said. The plea comes after it was revealed passenger numbers dropped to the lowest levels since the 1950s from 1.6 million to just 48,000. A Rescue and Recovery Plan has been designed and…
Commenting on a Powys farmer being fined £15k for planting trees in the wrong place by inches, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Janet Finch-Saunders MS said: “Once again, we see nonsensical rules overriding common sense, with Welsh farmers being fined for simply doing their bit to fight climate change. “There has already…
Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) today published an overview of Children and Adult Social Services in Wales. The report describes the overwhelming pressures local authorities have faced in providing care and support during the pandemic, and the future challenges and difficulties they now face. The inspectorate spoke to 800 people who work in, work with or…
The Open University is hosting a unique event at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) as one of several initiatives to mark its commitment to responding to the climate crisis. COP26 will bring together parties from across the world to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Open University…
Responding to an expert stating that a coal tip warning system is essential, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Janet Finch Saunders MS said: “The calls for a coal tip warning system should be heeded by Labour ministers. We’ve already seen the government release details about 327 higher-risk coal tips without releasing the specific…
