We may feel it ourselves or identify that a colleague is stressed, but when do we have to account for it in terms of being a disability under the equality act? If at all? Anthony Acari, CFW’s health and safety… read more »
Hengoed Court Care Home in Swansea, a member of Care Forum Wales, has invested £25,000 in transforming two unused rooms into “high street style” gyms to promote wellbeing among residents and staff. The facilities are already a hit with the… read more »
A new national autism service for Wales, which will provide lifetime support for children and adults, will be set up in Wales, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford today (March 4) announced. The service is a key part of… read more »
Cuts to public services outside health and social care have made a dramatic impact on older people’s lives in Wales, a report by the Wales Audit Office has said. The report found that although councils have identified the independence of older people as a priority,… read more »
The Welsh Government has committed itself to continuing to ring-fence the mental health budget in Wales following an independent review it commissioned into the policy which has been in place since 2008. The Review of the Financial Ring-fencing Arrangements for… read more »
Health Minister Mark Drakeford has said he is ‘encouraged’ at the way an innovative project in Monmouthshire is seeing those with ‘complex mental health needs’ be cared for at home. Professor Drakeford today (July 29) visited the Raglan Project, linked… read more »
The funding for adult mental health services is to receive an £8m boost, the Welsh Assembly Government announced today. The additional £8m a year is in addition to an earlier announcement (May 22) promising an extra £7.6m for children’s and… read more »
A troubled health board will come under more direct Welsh government control after a report found “institutional abuse” at the Tawel Fan mental health unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire, which closed in 2013. Welsh Government: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health… read more »
Health Minister Mark Drakeford has apologised for failings on the Tawel Fan mental health ward at Glan Clwyd Hospital which came to light last week (BBC news, May 28: ‘Patients kept ‘like animals in a zoo’.). An independent report published… read more »
The Welsh Government has announced an additional £7.6m in funding for mental health services for children and young people in Wales. The announcement was made today (May 22) by health minister Mark Drakeford who said the additional funding will help… read more »