A new £1m to plan to recruit new primary care support workers to help people diagnosed with dementia has been unveiled as part of a new Welsh Government drive to tackle the disease. Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford… read more »
NHS England statistics released in March show that in the past 12 months there have been more than a million days ‘lost’ due to patients being unable to be discharged. In total 1,042,434 ‘excess bed days’ were lost due to… read more »
The impact of cuts to social care budgets are being cited as one of the causes of the current crisis in accident and emergency units in England and Wales. A&Es in England have recorded their worst ever performance and A&E services in Wales… read more »
Care homes have been warned to check their window restrictor fittings after a care home was fined for failing to ensure an elderly resident’s safety. The 92-year-old died after she managed to overcome a restrictor device to open a window… read more »
The Welsh Government has today (August 21) announced an £8.4m package of investment in services to support older people in Mid and West Wales, particularly the frail elderly, to maintain their independence and remain in their homes. The funding, from… read more »
The charity Age Cymru has criticised the Welsh Government saying it has not adequately publicised the deadline for backdated claims over wrongly paid care home fees. The claims are over nursing home fees paid by families which should have been… read more »
The guidance issued by the Health and Safety Executive and aimed at care home providers and managers has been extensively rewritten. A new version of the guidance was published at the end of June 2014 and contains a number of… read more »
An awards ceremony celebrating successful initiatives which strengthen Welsh-language services in health and social care took place on June 19 at the Wales Millennium Centre, in Cardiff Bay. This year saw the introduction of categories for workers in social care…. read more »
Wales needs to end its dependency on hospitals and embrace a preventative, primary and community care-led NHS which is integrated with social care, Welsh Government Ministers said today (June 3). Speaking during a debate in the Assembly, health minister Mark… read more »
Details of projects that have received funding from a £50m Welsh Government investment in services for the frail elderly have been announced by deputy minister for social services, Gwenda Thomas. The Intermediate Care Fund aims to ease pressure on the… read more »