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»Health Minister announces change in A&E and ambulance targets to be trialled
The way in which the performance of A&E and ambulance services are monitored and measured is to be overhauled, the Health Minister Mark Drakeford announced today (March 26). The new system of mo.. read more »
Paying for social care in Wales: reform is still our plan - Deputy Social Services Minister
Gwenda Thomas, the Deputy Minister for Social Services, has said she is committed to reforming how social care services are paid for in Wales. In a statement issued today (March 20) the Minister sa.. read more »
Landmark Social Services and Well-being Bill for Wales is passed
Assembly Members yesterday (March 18) voted to pass the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill which is aimed at transforming how people access and receive care and support in Wales. The landm.. read more »
'Transformative' Social Services and Well-being Bill - final National Assembly vote today
The Social Services and Well-being Bill which the Welsh Government says will transform social services in Wales reaches its final stage in the National Assembly today after nearly three years in the.. read more »
Concerns raised over ex-Deputy Older People's Commissioner's £27,000 ex gratia payment
Concerns have been raised over an ex gratia payment to the former Deputy Older People's Commissioner for Wales, Sarah Stone, who took voluntary redundancy in 2012. Sarah Stone was given compensatio.. read more »
Mark Drakeford defends performance of Welsh NHS after London ministers' attacks
The Welsh Government's health minister Mark Drakeford has defended the record of the Welsh NHS on Radio 4's Today Programme and in a debate at the Senedd after attacks by Westminster Conservatives i.. read more »
Calls for new system of Welsh-only hospital data to be introduced by the autumn
A team of senior clinicians has found that Welsh and English hospital mortality indicators are not comparible and has called for a new system for Welsh hospitals only to be in place by the autumn. .. read more »
Intelligent computer 'avatar' could help care for older people in own homes in future
A computer-generated 'avatar' or screen-based intelligent hologram could help monitor the health of older people so they can remain living independently in their own homes for longer in future, acco.. read more »
Residential Care Review visits to care homes start next week
The Older People’s Commissioner Sarah Rochira, pictured below, is to begin making the first of 100 visits to residential care homes across Wales’ 22 local authorities in the first week o.. read more »
Adult social care providers in England facing 'workforce timebomb'
A report by the International Longevity Centre called The Future Care Workforce has said that the adult social care sector in England will need to add approximately 1 million workers by 2025 to.. read more »
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