The first National Provider Summit in Wales, jointly organised by Care Forum Wales and Cymorth Cymru, has been praised by health minister Mark Drakeford in a speech at the conference held on November 11 in Cardiff. More than 150 people… read more »
Plans for a task force to promote collaborative working between the independent sector and the NHS over a nursing recruitment crisis have been given the thumbs up by the Royal College of Nursing. The task force plan was unveiled at the… read more »
Following the All Wales Nurses Conference held in Llandudno on September 17 a task force has been set up to tackle the issue of nurse shortages in social care settings across Wales. The joint task force will be made up… read more »
Social care workers can look forward to an action-packed schedule of events this autumn with opportunities for learning, networking and socialising. CFW is involved in supporting two major conferences – on October 9 our chairman Mario Kreft will chair the… read more »
The 10th ‘Annual Care Conference for Wales’ will see the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sarah Rochira, discussing her review into the quality of life and care of older people in Wales’ care homes. The conference, which is being chaired… read more »
Working hard to represent members’ interests In the coming weeks these are just some of the meetings we’ll be attending to represent CFW Includes meetings being attended by some of the following CFW representatives: Mary Wimbury, Melanie Minty, Mike Kemp,… read more »
Care Forum Wales’ chair Mario Kreft has welcomed the announcement by the deputy minister for social services of a new structure for social services with regional partnership groups and leadership forums taking centre stage. The new structure will mean bringing… read more »
Working hard to represent members’ interests In the coming weeks we’ll be attending the following meetings to represent CFW members’ views… Meetings for Mary Wimbury, Melanie Minty, Mike Kemp, Alex Kelleher, Brian West June June 2 Assessment and care planning… read more »
Social Services Minister Gwenda Thomas has said that the promised transformation of social services following the newly-passed Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Act will take effect from April 2016. Ms Thomas was speaking at the North Wales Social Care in… read more »
CFW policy officers Mary Wimbury and Melanie Minty, as well as CFW board members and partners, attend many meetings every month to make sure the views of CFW members are heard. Here are just some of the meetings coming up… read more »