The response time target for the most urgent ambulance calls in Wales has been missed for the 21st consecutive month. Across Wales, 65 per cent of ‘Category A’ or ‘immediately life-threatening’ calls should receive an ambulance response with eight minutes. But in July, just 61.7 per cent of calls received a response in…
TRACY Myhill, Chief Executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service, said: “The improvement in our response times may be marginal, but it’s encouraging when you consider that we took an extra 900 calls in July compared to June. “This improvement is no doubt down to the hard work of our staff and the new and innovative…
Leading local re-use charity toogoodtowaste are extending their opening hours at their Aberdare branch, from Tuesday 1st September they will be open until 5pm Monday – Friday. They are extending their hours to try and help even more people alleviate poverty through providing access to affordable, clean, safe furniture & electrical items. Shaun England, General…
Rhondda’s Diabetes UK Cymru group is inviting people affected by diabetes in the area to join them for a question and answer session with an expert dietitian. The meeting is open to the public, starting at 6.30pm on Thursday 3rd September and will take place at Tonypandy Methodist Church, next to Home Bargains. Diabetes UK Cymru’s Director…
Local Welsh Liberal Democrats have announced that once again Councillor Mike Powell will be their candidate for the Assembly election in Pontypridd next May. Councillor Powell who lives in and represents the Trallwn ward in Pontypridd is well known across the constituency. In 2010 he drastically reduced the Labour majority in Pontypridd and was poised…
Barclays bank have confirmed that they will be closing their Tonyrefail branch on the 16th of October. They put the decision to close down to a 47% decrease in customer usage since 2008. Barclays say that staff have been consulted and will be given opportunity to work in a nearby branch. This follows an announcement in…
Large crowds are expected to converge on Ynysangharad War Memorial Park for the spectacular two-day Pontypridd Summer Festival on Friday August 28 & Saturday August 29. Fun for all the family, the Council-run event celebrates the opening of Lido Ponty, the £6.3m National Lido of Wales. Pontypridd Summer Festival, at Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, will…
A GROUP of Welsh Ambulance Service EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians) who enrolled on a Diploma in Paramedic Sciences to qualify as Paramedics have officially graduated from Swansea University. The diploma is the culmination of 18 months of study, which the students undertook while they continued with their day job as EMTs. The EMT-Paramedic conversion programme…
Next week the RCT Foster Care Recruitment Team will be on the road visiting local venues to promote the need for more foster carers in the area. We will be available to discuss people’s interest in fostering and will have some foster carers at a couple of the events to give people an insight into…
Welsh Conservatives have questioned enormous new figures showing well over 50 million pounds was spent on Labour government-owned buildings over the last five years. The stats – obtained by Andrew RT Davies – cover capital building expenses, furniture and IT. The Welsh Conservative Leader has now called for a swift review of building costs…
