Welcome to our health and wellbeing category, where we bring you the latest updates and information on all aspects of physical and mental health.
Responding to comments made by Welsh NHS Head Judith Paget that there will be significant disruption when junior doctors strike later in January, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Health, said: “The Welsh NHS and Welsh patients cannot afford another round of strikes. “The Conservative UK Government has put forward a more generous…
Responding to comments made by the head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Wales, Helen Whyley that the current situation in Wales was “completely unacceptable”, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Health, said: “Our Welsh NHS is on the brink of a disastrous 2024, with excessive waiting lists, strikes and staffing pressures. “The…
As we enter the new year why don’t you dust off your running shoes and start 2024 by taking part inthe Wales Air Ambulance’s My Air Miles challenge.Does getting fit whilst raising much-needed funds for the lifesaving charity sound good to you, if sothis virtual challenge could be perfect for you!Wales Air Ambulance has launched…
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has issued a long-awaited report following an inspection of the maternity unit at Singleton Hospital in Swansea. This follows an announcement by the Labour Health Minister on Tuesday 12 December that she was escalating Swansea Bay maternity services to ‘enhanced monitoring’, following pressure from the Welsh Conservatives at First Minister’s Questions…
This month we saw the UK Conservative Government bring forward the AI Safety Summit, the first ever global summit on AI. The use of innovative technologies can have huge benefits for health services across the world, yet in Labour-run Wales, this sadly isn’t the case with 27,041 languishing on two-year NHS waits, compared to just…
Commenting on the news that electronic prescriptions are being rolled out in Wales in phases from January 2024, starting with Wales’ first ever e-prescription launch in Rhyl, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: “This news is very long overdue, the availability of e-prescriptions has been a requirement for GPs in England since…
The latest data on eye care waiting lists in the Welsh NHS revealed that for the most serious at-risk cases (R1 pathways) the number of patients waiting within the target time or 25% beyond it decreased to 48.3% in September, the lowest proportion since May 2023. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS…
750 women in Wales have come together to demand that the Welsh government take immediate action on the awareness crisis in ovarian cancer by funding a national campaign focusing on the symptoms of the disease. Following latest research from charity Target Ovarian Cancer, Pathfinder Wales: Faster, further, and fairer, the National Federation of Women’s Institutes in Wales…
Commenting on a report by Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) regarding a struggling Emergency Department at Ysbyty Gwynedd in North Wales, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: “This report has highlighted the issue at the heart of our Labour-run Welsh NHS. Patients were keen to praise the committed and kind healthcare staff but…
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) have released a briefing paper detailing the retention issue at the heart of the Labour-run Welsh health service. Nearly half (47%) of Wales’ consultant physicians plan to retire in the next decade and over half (52%) would like to reduce their working hours citing increased workload due to rota…
