A review team looking at the quality of life of older people is to swoop unannounced on 100 care homes. Older People’s Commissioner for Wales Sarah Rochira will call on

DETAILS of unlawful payments given to senior officials at Caerphilly council have emerged. Five senior officers, including two who are suspended as part of a police investigation, received more than

Minister for Health and Social Services Mark Drakeford has announced annual funding of £250,000 to improve specialist services for children and young people with complex eating disorders in South Wales.

The council is asking residents to help it find the answers by launching a major consultation campaign as part of the countdown to next year’s budget. Cutting down on services,

Firefighters have discovered the body of an elderly woman following a blaze in a ground floor flat at a sheltered home. The fire at Glyn Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr in Aberystwyth,

Health Minister Mark Drakeford will address over two hundred delegates, including key health and social care professionals from across Wales, at Alzheimer’s Society’s annual Welsh conference. The conference will highlight

HEALTH Minister Mark Drakeford has announced £88 million funding for a specialist mental health unit at University Hospital Llandough. The grant has been pledged by the Welsh Government to provide

GWENT is one step closer to having one adoption service covering all five local authorities after a meeting of Blaenau Gwent Council yesterday. At a meeting of the social services

THE number of informal stage complaints received by Pembrokeshire County Council’s social services increased by 60% in 2012/13 compared to the previous year, according to a report put before cabinet

Study shows 30% of families working part-time live in poverty, compared to 7% for full-time working families More working families in Wales are now living in poverty compared to the