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Mesothelioma in the UK your guide and the 20 MOST AFFECTED UK SITES:

he United Kingdom possesses one of the highest rates of mesothelioma in the world, largely because the UK government permitted the use of asbestos long after other countries outlawed the mineral's use.

Wellbeing/community advice day on the 1st of December 2022 at Rhondda Fach leisure centre

Hi all

I am delighted to announce that we will be holding another wellbeing/community advice day on the 1st of December 2022 at Rhondda Fach leisure centre between 12-3pm.

This again will be a totally free event for everyone, including tea and coffee etc.

Call for disclosure of ministerial WhatsApp in Covid inquiry

The Leader of the Opposition has called for private messages between Labour Government ministers and officials in Cardiff Bay to be disclosed to the UK-wide Covid inquiry.

Commenting, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies MS said:

Welcome for core participant role for Welsh bereaved families in Covid inquiry

The Welsh Conservatives have welcomed the decision to grant the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru group core participant status in Modules 2 and 2B in the UK-wide Coronavirus Inquiry.

Road Closure Notification - Croesbychan Road

Road Closure Notification - Croesbychan Road  As part of the ongoing construction of the A465, a temporary road closure of Croesbychan Road is required from its junction with the A465 to the junction with Cwmynysminton Road.

Empty property transformed to provide safe home for young people

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, in partnership with RHA Wales, has secured funding from Welsh Government’s Phase 2 Homelessness Capital programme to transform an uninhabitable residential property into a safe and comfortable young persons supported living scheme.

Calls for more investment into GP training

The Welsh Conservatives have called on Labour ministers to invest more into the GP estate improving facilities for training.

Commenting, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies MS said:

TB screening for contacts in Tonypandy

Public Health Wales is working with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council to screen close contacts identified following the confirmation of one case of active tuberculosis (TB) in an individual associated with the Welcome Inn in Tonypandy.

Is there a potential teacher strikes?

Teachers in Wales are being asked to vote on industrial action after being offered below-inflation pay rises. It could lead to strikes in the new year after unions rejected a 5% pay offer from the Labour government, here in Wales.

Innovative Mobile Respiratory Unit supporting patients affected by chronic respiratory illness in Cwm Taf Morgannwg

October marks the end of a 6 month innovative healthcare pilot (May - November 22) involving Cwm Taf Morgannwg and Hywel Dda University Health Boards' Respiratory Innovation Wales (RIW) and Life Science Hub Wales.