Did you know that if two or more union-appointed health and safety representatives request in writing that you set up a health and safety committee, you must do so within three months of the request? Although there is no such… read more »
Social Care Wales plans to develop an information hub for the social work and social care sectors – and the new organisation would like CFW members’ views about what it should contain. The aim of the hub will be to… read more »
Two serious fires at care homes have occurred in the last fortnight. The first in New Grange Residential Care Home in Cheshunt claimed the lives of two residents two weeks ago and the second in Standon House Care Home in Tamworth… read more »
A WELSH charity’s art for care homes programme is launching a new bi-lingual resource pack to help care home staff and residents to run creative activities workshops. Age Cymru’s cARTrefu project is sending a cARTrefu Activity Pack to every care home… read more »
CFW members are being urged to book their places at the Care Provider Summit 2017. The Care Provider Summit, organised by Cymorth Cymru and Care Forum Wales, is being held on March 22 at the Novotel Hotel, Cardiff and is… read more »
Do you want the opportunity to shape the new training programme as part of a review by Qualifications Wales? The organisation, which is responsible for regulating non-degree qualifications in Wales, is on the lookout for stakeholders to join two new… read more »
South Wales Fire & Rescue Service has started offering a carers programme for fire prevention in domestic settings and is urging CFW members to take advantage of the initiative. The training is free and helps carers to identify the fire… read more »
An important report from the Welsh Assembly’s Health, Social Care & Sport Committee on winter pressures which quotes extensively from the evidence given by Care Forum Wales. Download a copy of the report here. The first recommendation is that the… read more »
Mario Kreft MBE, chair of Care Forum Wales, is calling for the authorities to put “prejudice” about the private sector to one side to solve the crisis facing the NHS this winter. Mr Kreft stressed the need for everybody to… read more »
The Welsh Government has launched a new programme which aims to help people living in households where no one is in work by offering training and linking up with employers to fill vacancies. Called Lift, the programme is targeted at… read more »