Audit Wales has said that local councils have made “major changes” to how and where their staff work, but need to build on their experience of the pandemic and “develop their strategic approaches” to plan for the longer term. In its report, Springing forward: lessons from our work on workforce and assets, Audit Wales looked at…
Public health experts in Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB is encouraging parents to vaccinate young children against the flu virus this autumn, to protect them from getting secondary infections. Last year, flu was the primary reason why nearly 800 children in Wales aged 2-16 years old were admitted to hospital. There is still a concern that…
Commenting on the news that the Labour Health Minister has escalated every health board in Wales to some level of enhanced monitoring, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: This is a sad indictment of the state of our Labour-run Welsh NHS “This is a sad indictment of the state of our Labour-run…
This week, our Critical Care Outreach, Care of the Elderly Advanced Clinical Practitioners and the community Advanced Nurse Practitioner teams within Cwm Taf Morgannwg have been raising awareness of the risks of Sepsis, and the signs and symptoms to look out for. Every year on September 13, we join organisations and individuals around the world…
New default 20mph speed limit to come into effect across Wales The laws changed in 1903 when the maximum limit was raised to 20mph. The Act followed the Locomotives on Highways Act 1896 which had increased the speed limit for motorcars to 14 mph from the previous 4 mph in rural areas and 2 mph in towns. Driver licences were…
