Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford today (April 2) said he wants health boards to work towards a 50% dementia diagnosis rate by 2016. In addition, Mr Drakeford announced that residential and nursing homes will be provided with additional… read more »
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 »
Health Minister Mark Drakeford has placed a new emphasis on the rights of care home residents to have primary care ‘at least’ as good as those living in their own homes.Giving the Welsh Government’s response to the Older People’s Commissioners… read more »
A support service for adults in Aberfan operated by national provider Shaw Healthcare celebrated its fifth birthday on January 29. Staff attended an anniversary party (pictured below) to thank them for their hard work and commitment and five staff members… 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 »
A scheme aimed at helping meet older people’s mental health needs is set to benefit from £500,000 funding under the Welsh Government’s £17.8m ‘Invest-to-save’ fund to transform public services in Wales. The funding will be used to set up a… read more »
Public Health Wales has issued a reminder to health and social care providers about the need to prepare for cold weather following Met Office predictions of very cold weather over the next few days (currently until November 22). Its recommendations… read more »
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has said that unpaid carers should be screened for depression – and that more should be done to improve the support and services available to them. The doctors’ leaders say an estimated one… read more »
‘Shocking discrimination’ in mental health services NHS managers in England have been accused of "shocking discrimination" in commissioning mental health services. The Mental Health Policy Group from the London School of Economics said three-quarters of people with depression or anxiety… read more »