Environmental regulator Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has reported itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after a data breach saw personal details of staff made public. NRW said those affected had worked for it between April 2013 and March 2018. A spreadsheet was inadvertently disclosed containing employee information that may have included diversity monitoring data, such…
Welsh Conservatives have called for urgent action to improve children’s health in Wales following a stark warning from paediatricians that Wales risks creating the “unhealthiest generation of children in decades”. Analysis by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) shows a worrying deterioration across a range of child health indicators, including vaccination uptake, oral…
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched an improved registration service making it easier than ever to register for Self Assessment. Anyone who is unsure if they need to submit a tax return can use HMRC’s free online checking tool on GOV.UK to understand what, if anything, they should do next. More than 640,000 customers…
Wales children’s health warning raises fresh questions for Rhondda Cynon Taf Children’s health in Wales has failed to show the improvement that should have followed years of warnings before the COVID-19 pandemic, with new evidence pointing instead to record levels of excess weight among younger children, persistent health inequalities and deteriorating outcomes in areas including…
The Welsh Ambulance Service’s ‘Wish ambulance’ helped a terminally ill Pembrokeshire man attend his daughter’s wedding. When Bill Billing, 84, returned home from hospital on November 12th last year, he was so unwell that he could never have imagined being able to attend his daughter’s wedding nine months later. Bill, from Monkton, who lives with his wife Ginny,…
