The Assembly’s Health and Social Care Committee has today (July 18) published its report on the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) bill. Its recommendations include that: 1. Statutory principles should be included on the face of the Bill 2. The… read more »
Older people’s risk of suffering from dementia is decreasing, new research published in the Lancet has found. The study, carried out by Cambridge University researchers in three areas of England compares dementia rates in people born 20 years apart. Based… read more »
A grant scheme being run by Age Cymru and the Burdett Trust is aimed at nursing and residential care home providers who want to improve the dignity and respect of their residents. The closing date for applications for grants under… read more »
Top doctors criticise North Wales health board Senior doctors at one of Wales’ biggest hospitals – Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor – say they’ve lost confidence in management at Wales’ biggest health board, Betsi Cadwaladr. In a letter to the chair… read more »
The Welsh Government yesterday unveiled plans to protect Welsh NHS patients in the wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal. Health Minister Mark Drakeford said that the Francis report into failings at Stafford Hospital had led to a “critical eye” being… read more »
Health Minister Mark Drakeford announced (July 9) a major shake-up of the Welsh Ambulance service amid concerns over missed targets and poor performance. Under the new system ambulance services will be directly commissioned by health boards and will be responsible… read more »
A report into abuse claims at North Wales children’s homes which was commissioned in the 1990s by the former Clwyd County Council* has been published 17 years after it was written following a Freedom of Information Request by the BBC…. read more »
The Welsh Health Minister and Deputy Minister for Social Services have agreed to provide an additional £3.2 million a year to local authorities in Wales to ensure that the £50-a-week cap on home care charges remains sustainable for the future…. read more »
Wales will become the first place in the UK where people are presumed to have given their consent to donate their organs after death unless they opt out. AMs voted in favour of the ‘presumed consent’ system after a five-hour… read more »
The Chancellor George Osborne has called for the creation of a ‘seamless’ health and social care system in England. During his spending review today (June 26) he called for £3bn to be set aside in 2015-16 to stop older people… read more »