Cwm Taf University Health Board is celebrating after winning an NHS Wales Award. A study to look at early intervention to treat problems with jaw opening in some head and neck cancer patients won thePromoting Clinical Research and Application to Practice Award (supported by British Medical Association Cymru Wales). Kerry Davies, specialist head and neck…
The Care Council is looking for people from across Wales, from all walks of life, to get involved in its work and help it improve social care. You can find out more here – roles include: become a board member; become a panel member in hearings into complaints against registered workers; become a care ambassador and raise…
Welsh Conservative shadow health secretary, Angela Burns AM, has made the following statement in response to the findings of The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's (RCPCH) report, which found a number of “shortfalls” in the Welsh NHS’ delivery of neonatal care: “The issue of neonatal care has been raised innumerable times by my…
We are now accepting applications for admission to our school for September 2017. Please download an application form and return it to our school by 21 October 2016. http://www.stjohnbaptist.co.uk/contact-form/admissions-form We look forward to hearing from you. Dr S M Mitchell (Headteacher)
So Jeremy Corbyn has won the Labour leadership contest for the second time in a year by a significant majority. Having started out last year as the man from nowhere , the rank outsider to become leader, he has gathered a huge personal support that has become cult like in its single minded drive to…
Responding to the Cabinet Secretary for Health’s statement on the implementation of the Healthy Child Wales Programme – issued today – Welsh Conservative shadow health secretary, Angela Burns AM, has made the following statement: “We welcome the ambition of the new universal health programme, which seeks to address many child health issues that have according…
Responding to the news of Jeremy Corbyn's re-election as Labour leader a Welsh Conservatives spokesman said: "Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election is merely another chapter in the protracted saga of the Labour party’s decline. “That the best candidate they could muster to challenge Corbyn was a former Viagra lobbyist is a reflection of the dearth of talent…
Welsh anglers are again being asked to help conserve struggling fish stocks by releasing all the salmon they catch between now and the end of the season. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is making the plea following review of monitoring data that show salmon stocks in some rivers in Wales – notably the Usk, Tywi and…
As reported by the BBC there are an unacceptable number of cancelled /postponed operations in Wales each year which has knock on effects for the whole NHS and can impact severely on patients' quality of life. A leading surgeon says that winter pressures – the extra demand due to illness and falls etc – ties up beds…
The fifth Penarth Literature Festival will be held between the 2nd and 9th of October. Several of the events this year promote Welsh literature. These are some of the highlights: Wednesday 5th October – Writing a Successful Short Story. Julie McGowan will be holding two writing workshops (one from 2 til 4.30 and the other from…
