PEOPLE with Parkinson’s Disease in Wales are falling through gaps in the health and social care system, and such problems exist across the UK, according to a new report.

The Welsh government has announced that it is to launch a new online data strategy to improve best practice in the provision of support and services to disabled children and their families.

A TEENAGER who repeatedly raped a young boy was on the sex offenders’ register and being supervised when the attacks happened, the Echo can reveal today.

A PLANNING application to build a 45-bedroomed nursing home in Mynydd Isa has been refused.

A WREXHAM project which has given pupils an insight into a career in social care has scooped one of the most prominent awards in the sector in Wales.

THE postcode lottery could end for the thousands of people across Wales who are charged different rates for the care they receive in their homes.

Council employees in Bridgend have been praised for “sustained and substantial improvement” in children’s services. It has led to the lifting of a “serious concern” protocol after a review by the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW).

WHEN Professor Bim Bhowmick, a pioneer in treatment of the elderly for more than 30 years, retires next week, he will do so with NHS Wales’ first ever lifetime achievement award newly installed on his mantelpiece.

A rape crisis line celebrating its 25th anniversary fears it might not have the funding to see out the summer. North Wales Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre says it may have to close in two months’ time.

SOCIAL services in Bridgend are no longer the subject of serious concern. The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales has lifted the protocol from the council after it found that there have been “substantial” improvements in its children’s work.