Cwm Taf University Health Board held its latest Board meeting on January 30th 2019 at Ynysmeurig House in Abercynon. This bulletin sets out the key messages from the meeting about healthcare provision in Cwm Taf. You can read the full Board papers on our website but if you have any queries or questions about the issues discussed…
Ahead of the Welsh Government’s rough sleeper count, Wales’s leading homelessness charity, The Wallich, has released an in-depth report into the types of people it supports on the streets of South Wales. It goes on to make seven recommendations to reduce homelessness across the country. The Wallich's Street Based Lifestyle Monitor (SBL) shows the number of people…
AN AWARD-WINNING care agency in Wales is supporting a new nursing cadet scheme launched by the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) and backed by the Prince of Wales (February, 2019). Abacare says the scheme, which is being trialled in Wales in partnership with the Wales Army Cadet Force, is a step in the right…
The current structure for consumer enforcement is far too reliant on “increasingly overstretched” local authority Trading Standards Services and is “on the verge of collapse”, a report from Which? has claimed. The consumer rights group calls in the report for the responsibilities of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to be expanded to create a…
We understand that the news covering our maternity services and the latest statement issued today from Welsh Government regarding the independent review of maternity services in Cwm Taf University Health Board may have caused some anxiety and concern. Please find below a statement from our Chief Executive which includes details of a contact line for…
An exciting new era begins at Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon’s canal-side centre for the arts and entertainment in 2019 as David Wilson is appointed to the post of Theatre Director. David, who started in the new post in early January, quickly discovered how community driven Brecon’s theatre is, with tickets for the YFC entertainment festival…
About Aberdare Town C.I.W. Primary School Aberdare Town Church in Wales Primary School is in Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf local authority. The school has 300 pupils, including 39 who attend the nursery on a part-time basis. The school has 10 classes, including 5 mixed-age classes and a nursery class. The rolling average of pupils…
At its meeting on January 24, Cabinet agreed to progress education proposals for Hirwaun and Penderyn, announced in September 2018 as part of a wider £23.9m investment for the Upper Cynon Valley. They include a brand new £10.4m school building for Hirwaun Primary, and the dual-language Penderyn Primary being converted to a full Welsh Medium school….
Commenting, Shadow Education Minister Suzy Davies AM, said; “The Welsh Government’s proposed changes to the curriculum in Wales are huge. They may have political support but we are now approaching the stage where we need clarity on practicality, accountability, teacher training and most of all, a higher quality education for our young people. They need…
Local authorities should be given the power to suspend councillors without allowances for up to six months, the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) has recommended. In a report, Local Government Ethical Standards, the CSPL said: “The current sanctions available to local authorities are insufficient. Party discipline, whilst it has an important role to play…
