Barnardo’s Cymru Appeals For Carers
Children’s charity Barnardo’s Cymru appeals for carers tocome forward. A children’s charity is appealing for carers to help a 17-year-old with Down’s syndrome expand his horizons.
Read MoreChildren’s charity Barnardo’s Cymru appeals for carers tocome forward. A children’s charity is appealing for carers to help a 17-year-old with Down’s syndrome expand his horizons.
Read MoreA North Wales headmaster, who was previously cleared of sexually molesting one of his boy pupils, has now been sacked from his post. Christopher Barker was headmaster of Ysgol Tanyfron near Wrexham but was suspended when the allegations were made.
Read MoreA council lost nearly one in five of its social workers from its child-protection section last year, it has emerged. Wrexham council says 10 people left their posts in 2006-07, representing a 17.5% turnover rate.
Read MorePatients have a lower risk of catching a potentially lethal infection such as the MRSA superbug at the four Welsh hospital trusts named as being among the best in Wales and England. The four NHS trusts – Bro Morgannwg, Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Pontypridd & Rhondda.
Read MorePlans have been unveiled for a child and adolescent mental health unit in Conwy. The new unit would be built in Abergele to offer support to young people suffering problems ranging from eating disorders to self-harm issues.
Read MoreWales could be losing out on millions of pounds because official statistics have not kept up with the recent influx of workers from countries such as Poland, it was claimed last night.
Read MoreOne of Wales’ biggest hospitals has been accused of “covering up” an 89-year-old’s death after she contracted TWO deadly superbugs. The family of Anne Jay were stunned last month when a death certificate concluded their frail mum died as a result of pneumonia.
Read MoreSwansea actress Helen Griffin, whose character was recently killed off by the evil Cybermen in an episode of Doctor Who, has got a new role as a foster carer. And today at Swansea’s St Helen’s Primary School she will launch a campaign aimed at raising awareness of the need for more foster parents.
Read MoreWarning signs were missed before a Swansea baby died of brain damage with 50 injuries on his body, says a review carried out by the Local Safeguarding Children Board into the involvement of all local services leading up to his murder.
Read MoreA woman from Denbighshire who is dying from cancer will trial a drug that was previously unavailable in Wales, her daughters have said. Pamela Northcott, 58, from Dyserth in Denbighsire has terminal kidney cancer.
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