A disabled Conservative MP has warned the government not to underestimate the difficulty of achieving its aim of halving the disability employment gap, because of the extent of “prejudice” faced by disabled people. Paul Maynard, MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys, told a parliamentary debate on access to jobs for disabled people that he had been shocked…
Two Welsh health boards are said to be in danger of failing to break even this year, according to the Health Minister. In previous years the Welsh Labour Government have offered cash strapped health boards ‘bail-outs’ but it is believed that no such payments will be made this year. Welsh Conservatives say the financial…
Day trips to Wales from other parts of the UK fell by a fifth according to new figures released this week. The findings are part of the Great Britain Day Visits Survey and cover the calendar year to November. Between January and November 2015 there were 68 million day trips made to Wales by…
Ourselves and Care and Social Services Wales (CSSIW) have jointly published the sixth annual monitoring report on the use of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) in Wales. The Safeguards apply to people over the age of 18 who can’t consent to treatment or care in a hospital or care home. DoLS were developed…
Download (opens in new window) PDF[0.5MB] Between March and June 2015, we undertook follow-up work at Velindre NHS Trust (the Trust) to assess the extent to which it had implemented the Auditor General’s national recommendations, and had addressed the recommendations made as part of the local audit in 2010 and again in 2012. The…
A year on from the fire that destroyed more than 20 vehicles at Pant Industrial Estate in Merthyr Tydfil we are renewing our appeal for anyone with information on the fire to come forward. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 1.30am on 28th December 2014. Fire broke out at the bus depot…
Flashback to January 25th 2013 Maerdy mountain road Aberdare Meet Ross, who is part of the team who are out and about keeping you moving through the #winterweather that is forecasted over the next few days. With winter now in full swing, it’s good to know we’re in safe hands when inclement weather like this hits! View full winter…
One in seven people in Wales remain on an NHS waiting list and the number of people facing treatment delays of over nine months is still over 25,000. That’s according to Welsh government statistics released today: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/referral-to-treatment-times/?lang=en 25,872 patients waited more than 36 weeks for a hospital appointment during November. The target is zero. …
A unified performance list of GPs for England and Wales would help ease the shortage of GPs, Kirsty Williams AM has said today. Kirsty Williams accused the Conservative UK Government of being unwilling to work with Wales and has urged Conservative Assembly Members to lobby their colleagues in Westminster on the issue. All…
UKIP Welsh Assembly Candidate for Torfaen, Sue Boucher, criticises lack of investment and support for Pontypool Town Centre and wasteful spending on ‘art sculptures’. The Pontypool Settlement Area project, worth £10m, had the potential to regenerate and improve Pontypool town centre, instead Sue Boucher believes the money has been squandered by the Welsh Assembly Government…
