The Cabinet Minister for Health and Care, Mabon ap Gwynfor MS, visited the Princess of Wales Hospital this week to see how improvements to planned care services are helping patients receive treatment more quickly. During the visit, the Cabinet Secretary toured the hospital’s elective orthopaedic hub and met with staff who are delivering enhanced services…
Residents living in the communities of Aberbargoed, Bargoed and New Tredegar can get the chance to help decide how £20 million will be spent to improve the lives of local people. Residents living in the communities of Aberbargoed, Bargoed and New Tredegar can get the chance to help decide how £20 million will be spent…
Shadow Health Secretary, Natasha Asghar MS, has written to the Justice Secretary following the imprisonment of convicted sex offender Paula Stanton after an act of outraging public decency at the University Hospital of Wales. Stanton, who is male-born and has a lengthy history of sexual offending, was jailed after admitting masturbating in full view of NHS…
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council is inviting residents to “enjoy a relaxed picnic in the sunshine” at its Armed Forces Day event in Ynysangharad War Memorial Park in Pontypridd this summer — a lovely invitation, and one that will not be lost on residents of Aberdare, where picnicking in the town’s own park has…
Daniel (photo right) and Kyle (photo left) share how Shared Lives helped them maintain important relationships, build independence and challenge assumptions about who can become a carer. Daniel and Kyle share how Shared Lives helped them maintain important relationships, build independence and challenge assumptions about who can become a carer. At 21, Kyle is studying…
Wales Air Ambulance will be supporting Team Wales on the road to the CommonwealthGames this summer in Glasgow.To mark the start of the partnership, the Charity is delighted to announce that it will be partof the King’s Baton Relay (KBR).The Welsh leg of the Relay will run from 19 – 24 June, combining pre-recorded content…
A damning new report from the Royal College of Radiologists has revealed that patients across Wales are facing dangerous delays to cancer diagnosis and treatment due to a worsening shortage of specialist doctors — with North and West Wales among the worst affected areas in the entire UK. But for anyone who has been paying…
The latest NHS statistics for Wales show that performance has worsened across key areas of the health service. Performance against the 62-day target for patients starting cancer treatment fell to 56.7% in April, well below the 75% target. In Swansea Bay, just 48.4% of cancer patients are treated within the target time. NHS treatment waiting lists have increased to 680,003 pathways in April, with…
Caerphilly County Borough Council has been highlighted as an example of best practice in a new Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) report. The ‘Building Health into Homes’ report showcases the Council’s innovative approach to integrating occupational therapy within housing services, helping residents access homes that support independence, safety and wellbeing. Caerphilly’s integrated Housing Occupational…
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council has discussed the growing problem of e-bikes and e-scooters being used anti-socially in local communities — agreeing to launch an awareness campaign and work more closely with South Wales Police. But for residents across the South Wales Valleys who have spent years watching illegal off-road motorbikes tear through their…
