A north Wales hospice, St Kentigern Hospice in St Asaphy, Denbighshire, is running a pilot scheme offering an out-of-hours palliative care advice and help to nursing home staff across the region. The hopsice has set up a dedicated phone line… read more »
Residents of the Romilly Nursing Home in Cardiff showed off their artistic prowess over the summer with an exhibition of famous paintings they’d recreated. One of the residents, a graduate of London’s Slade school of Art, was particularly overjoyed: she broke down after… read more »
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Care Forum Wales chair, Mario Kreft, has welcomed the integration of the social services and health portfolios following a cabinet reshuffle by First Minister Carwyn Jones last week (September 11). While the passion and drive of deputy minister for social… read more »
Mario Kreft has praised the former Welsh Government deputy social services minister, Gwenda Thomas, after her surprise departure from government following Carwyn Jones’ September cabinet reshuffle. Social services will now come under the wing of health secretary Professor Mark Drakeford. Mrs Thomas… read more »
The long-serving deputy minister for social services, Gwenda Thomas, announced she was stepping down from her post yesterday (September 11) during a day in which First Minister Carwyn Jones carried out a surprise reshuffle of his cabinet. The move was announced on… read more »
Age UK has said that the cost of care for those with dementia averages £32,242 a year per patient – with only a third of this covered by NHS or council help. Alzheimer’s Society chief executive Jeremy Hughes said the… read more »
Deputy minister for social services, Gwenda Thomas (pictured), has said today that she believes the new Regulation and Inspection Bill, to be introduced in the National Assembly in early 2015, will strengthen the protection for and further improve the quality of care… read more »
The Care Council for Wales is currently running a public consultation to review the code of practice for social care workers and it’s seeking your views. It is particularly keen to hear from anyone currently working in social care so… read more »
Bowel Screening Wales has launched two new booklets to support carers and care agency staff in helping someone to complete a bowel screening kit. One booklet is aimed at carers who might need to support someone they care for to… read more »