Strategy Sets New Challenges For The Sector
The Care Council for Wales welcomes the Assembly Government’s 10-year strategy for social services launched today.
Read MoreThe Care Council for Wales welcomes the Assembly Government’s 10-year strategy for social services launched today.
Read MoreMental health problems among Welsh children are on the increase because there are not enough services to help them, ChildLine warned yesterday. Figures released by ChildLine revealed its staff received nearly 200 calls last year from children contemplating suicide, with 80% of those calls coming from girls.
Read MoreFrail newborn babies are being sent to England because there are not enough spaces in Welsh hospitals, it was claimed today. Calls have been made for more money to provide the specialist care and equipment to care for the babies born prematurely and weighing as little as a few pounds.
Read MorePlans to downgrade or even shut a West Wales hospital could be back on the agenda, campaigners fear. People power forced controversial changes to hospitals across the region back to the drawing board last year.
Read MoreA special meeting of all the agencies that deal with youth issues may be held in Cardigan in a bid to resolve current problems of anti-social behaviour in the town.
Read MoreOverweight babies are being treated at obesity clinics in Wales as an unprecedented ‘epidemic’ grips our children. Ten years ago, it was almost unheard of for children to visit their doctor because of weight problems.
Read MoreAll local authorities in Wales are being contacted about criminal record checks on school employees after news that some check had been missed in Powys schools.
Read MoreAn Ammanford doctors’ surgery is at the centre of a massive fraud probe. The Guardian has learned that the London-based NHS Counter Fraud and Security team has been called in to investigate the alleged disappearance of a six-figure sum from the Margaret Street Practice.
Read MoreThree teenagers have been banned from entering shops and hanging around in groups in Cheshire as part of five-year Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs).
Read MoreOne of Wrexham’s remaining two residential care homes is set to close in March, 2007. Residents and staff at Llys Madoc, Plas Madoc, have been told they are to be moved out, although they will remain in local authority care and employment, but the closure is dependent on all residents being found new accommodation in time.
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