Efforts are under way to recruit more nurses into schools in Wales to tackle issues such as obesity, sexual health problems and drug and alcohol misuse.

Last week we announced our support for a campaign to end child poverty. The national campaign has been brought to Blaenau Gwent by MP Dai Davies.Here, in his own words, Mr Davies explains why he is supporting the campaign and why the issue of child poverty is close to his heart.

DOZENS of elderly and vulnerable Neath Port Talbot residents are in line for a share of a £167,000 handout. They have been forking out for nursing care when they should have been given it for free.

A turf-cutting ceremony is to be held at the site of Wales’ first Macmillan Information Centre in Wrexham.

THE Welsh Assembly Government has put its weight behind the Wales Care Awards by promoting a special award – Dignity in Care.

ACCIDENTS involving elderly people in the Vale of Glamorgan could be avoided if a special care service was expanded, experts have said.

A charity in Swansea has launched a new website to tell the world about its work. Stepping Stones, a charitable special education centre for pre-school children, helps them with services such as speech and language therapy.

CITIZENS Advice services in Wales face “decimation” as a result of major changes to the funding system, it has been claimed.

A care worker has been jailed for nine years for carrying out a “vicious” sex attack on an elderly patient at a nursing home.

Would-be nurses from England are doing their degrees in Wales because they automatically get bursaries of £6,372.