A new report by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) demonstrates that a failure to prevent, diagnose, and treat depression, diabetes and urinary tract infections in people with dementia could be costing the UK’s health and social care system up to nearly £1 billion per year. The report, Dementia and Comorbidities: Ensuring parity of [...]
Statistics obtained by BBC Wales have found that a number of patients suffering mental health problems are having to wait several years for treatment. Although patients experiencing chronic problems are often seen within a week, some waits are mounting to over four years. Aneurin Bevan Health Board is reported as making sufferers endure the lengthiest [...]
New research from Bliss, the premature and sick baby charity, has found that half of the specialist neonatal transport services across the UK have reported staffing shortages. Bliss’ report, Transfers of premature and sick babies, shows that in a one week snapshot, half of the neonatal transport services across the UK reported gaps in their [...]
February went on record for the highest number of patients attending A&E departments across Wales during that month since records began in 2006, statistics have revealed. That trend continued in to March – with more than 9,000 patients having attended A&E departments across the Cwm Taf area in the month alone. Kath McGrath, Assistant Director [...]
Discussions are underway between the Welsh government and the ARCH partners along with Carmarthenshire Council to drive forward plans for a unique Wellness and Life Science Village at Delta Lakes in Llanelli. The multi-million pound Carmarthenshire Council-led project will be the first of its kind and is being developed through ARCH (A Regional Collaboration for Health) [...]
Patients attending Llanelli’s Prince Philip Hospital in an emergency can expect to be treated in a brand new purpose-built unit at the back of the hospital site from this week. The Acute Medical Assessment Unit (AMAU) – which is part of the health board’s £1.4 million Front of House Project at Prince Philip – officially [...]
Suzanne Scott Thomas is stepping into the role of Head of Medicines Management for Cwm Taf University Health Board, assuming responsibility for strategic development and delivery. Suzanne will be taking over from her predecessor, Howard Rowe, who, after seven years in the post, retired at the end of March. Her wealth of experience includes being [...]
£60 million is to be invested over the next year to ensure children, adults and older people in Wales receive joined up health and social care services, the Welsh government has announced. £50 million revenue funding will be provided by the Welsh government’s intermediate care fund in 2016-17 to improve care co-ordination between social services, [...]
Judith Hardisty has been appointed to the post of independent member for a period of two years with Hywel Dda University Health Board. Judith joins the University Health Board as a former NHS assistant chief executive (organisational development) and an experienced hr/ workforce director. Judith has more than 20 years’ experience of working at Board [...]
A pioneering health service for Prestatyn will give 23,000 patients a much wider range of care when it starts in April, the man spearheading the project has pledged. Former GP Dr Chris Stockport is leading the team creating Healthy Prestatyn Iach, which is taking over two medical practices. The service is being run directly by [...]
