Responding to the latest eye care waiting times for Welsh NHS outpatients indicating that 51.4% or 78,443 at-risk ophthalmology patients are waiting beyond the target time, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister said: “The fact that fewer than half of eye care patients are still not being seen within the target time represents…
This isn’t an original scenario wherein opencast operators promise to restore land and roads post-coal extraction operations. Historical evidence indicates they often fail to fulfil these commitments. Hence, it’s not a unique situation. Additionally, the Labour Party’s approach isn’t constructive; they simply award more contracts to contractors, as seen with the Rhigos Old Parish Road…
Commenting on the news that BMA Cymru Wales have highlighted a substantial rise in GP practice closures and that there has been “little done” by the Labour Welsh Government to boost GP numbers, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister said: “The BMA are right to call this a GP services crisis, Labour’s dither…
THE Welsh Ambulance Service is moving closer to using drones to fly defibrillators to patients. The Trust has partnered with the University of Warwick and industry partners SkyBound to explore whether drone-delivered defibrillators could make a difference to someone in cardiac arrest. When someone has a cardiac arrest, they either stop breathing entirely or take…
People in south Wales can now access free online mental health therapy through a new referral system set up in partnership with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB). For the first time, CTMUHB’s Local Primary and Child and Adolescent Mental Health services can refer clients to a suite of guided, online self-help programmes based…
