September 2022

  The Council's Cabinet received an update on proposals to build a new special school in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The school will significantly help relieve existing capacity pressures and prepare for further demand for school places in the future. A report to Monday’s Cabinet meeting presented an updated data set highlighting increasing pressures on four existing…

Qualifications Wales are kicking the can down the road, say Welsh Conservatives   Qualifications Wales has stated that next year’s GCSE and A-Level exams will continue to be graded more generously than before the pandemic, this is despite the UK Government confirming that exam grades in England will return to pre-pandemic levels next summer. Commenting…

Plaid report is “nothing but back-of-the-envelope fantasy figures”     Commenting on Plaid Cymru’s report on independence, Welsh Conservative Leader Andrew RT Davies MS, said: “The report makes some wild predictions on what a future Welsh Government would do if Wales became independent. “In this scenario the Welsh Government would forgo any responsibility in keeping…

On Friday 30 September, Literature Wales announced that the Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre in Llanystumdwy is the organisation’s new official headquarters. Literature Wales’ new official home is in Gwynedd, a county rich in culture and the arts. This formal change will see the first of Wales’ national companies* plant their roots in the north, with…

A blog by Andrew Laing, ICO Head of Data Protection Complaints Information can drive everything in our lives from healthcare to job opportunities to the decisions made for and about us. We need to trust that our information rights will be respected if we are to confidently use the products and services provided by organisations…

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has taken action against seven bodies – six of them public – that it deemed failed to respond on time when asked by the public for personal information held about them in subject access requests (SAR). A body must normally respond to a SAR within one month. But an ICO…

This week, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB became the first Health Board in Wales to sign the Royal College of Midwives’ (RCM) Caring for You Charter, in the presence of the UK President of the RCM, Rebeccah Davies. Signing the Charter demonstrates a commitment to improving midwives’, maternity support workers’ and student midwives’ health, safety and…

This week, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB became the first Health Board in Wales to sign the Royal College of Midwives’ (RCM) Caring for You Charter, in the presence of the UK President of the RCM, Rebeccah Davies. Signing the Charter demonstrates a commitment to improving midwives’, maternity support workers’ and student midwives’ health, safety and…

On Wednesday September 28, the new start-of-the art Hummingbird Centre officially opened in Gwaun Elai Health Park, Talbot Green – next to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The new facility will help us to deliver improved patient-centered care for people with diabetes with access to the multi-disciplinary team including diabetes specialist nurses, diabetes dietitians, podiatrists and…