AberdareOnline has been asking questions about the way our waste is collected, just one of the questions we put to the Director of Frontline Services and Service Director for Streetcare was: “Households disposing of ash are allowed extra black bags please explain with 3-week collections how many extra black bags will be allowed for…
Mark Drakeford was told that Wales’ treatment waiting list – the longest in Britain – won’t be significantly addressed as long as the maintenance backlog for Labour-run NHS buildings stands. In FMQs, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies MS highlighted a recent report from North Wales’ beleaguered Betsi Cadwaladr health board which shows only 62% of its…
Commenting on news that physiotherapy staff working for all health boards in Wales will hold a one-day strike on 7th February, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister Russell George MS said: “It is a shame the Labour Government in Cardiff Bay was unable to prevent this declaration of strike action by physiotherapists. The same goes for…
Commenting on the news that less than two thirds of buildings owned by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board are “operationally safe”, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Health, Russell George MS said: “It is staggering that Labour ministers have let Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board fall into disrepair through complete neglect. "Across Wales the cost of the maintenance…
Commenting on the news that Wales’ schools may close on strike days, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Education, Laura Anne Jones MS said: “The Labour Government has consistently complained about the lack of funds but has wasted hundreds of millions of pounds on vanity projects, such as £100 million on more politicians in the Senedd. “These strikes…
As the winter weather bites and temperatures continue to drop below minus, we've been working with key partners to support all our residents via Winter Welcome Centres and beyond. If you're feeling the cold and need a safe place to stay warm, drop into one of the 92 centres across Rhondda Cynon Taf. All Winter…
Welsh students from the most deprived quintile are 25% less likely to get onto full-time undergraduate courses, the rate has fallen by a further 1% compared with 2020/21 according to today’s statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Education Minister, Laura Anne Jones MS said: “I am disappointed that there has…
Join us at our public event in Aberdare to hear why a local mother is calling for the legal control and regulation of the drug market. She is joined on the panel by Beth Winter MP, ex-undercover police, and national campaigner Neil Woods and local treatment providers to discuss what a new approach to drugs…
Cardiff & Vale health board has apologised to the family of a man who died at Wales’ largest hospital after an “inappropriate discharge and missed opportunities to diagnose” their condition. Mr Y, as the report calls the patient, had a “bowel obstruction/strangulated hernia” that medics missed in what the Public Services Ombudsman Wales called “a…
Labour-run Wales hits worst A&E and ambulance waits on record Ambulance response times plunged to new depths according to latest figures, with less than 40% of life-threatening incidents being reached in the target time, while 50,000 people wait over two years for treatment and Wales again had its worst A&E waits on record….
