PLANS to ease pressure on over-stretched A&E departments and simplify patient access to emergency care in Wales will be unveiled today.

Social services bosses are hoping to tackle a shortage of carers in Swansea with an open day next month. Young people from across the region will be able to get an insight into social care careers as part of the recruitment drive.

Top-level talks have taken place to look at ways of making the most of the charitable sector throughout Wales. Assembly Social Justice Minister Brian Gibbons has spoken to bosses of the Charity Commission to look at ways of maximising its role.

A specialist service aimed at treating war veterans suffering from mental health problems is being set up. Based at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales, it is one of six pilot projects across the UK.

RED TAPE means parents working for small businesses could be paying more for childcare than their counterparts in big companies, it was claimed yesterday.

A social worker told his ex-girlfriend he intended to post intimate pictures of them together on the internet – making her ill with worry.

Local authorities overspent on social services by more than £50m last year, according to figures released this week.

Many Filipino care workers across Wales may be forced to leave the UK because of a change in immigration rules.

Twenty new jobs will be created at a new child care centre at Llangefni. The £2.3m Integrated Child Care Centre is nearing completion and Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin is recruiting staff for its new day nursey located within the centre.

A charity has called for urgent action to safeguard Welsh children’s mental health. Gofal Cymru raised concerns about the current poor provision of mental health services for children.