Nearly £22m of grant funding has been awarded to organisations and projects which support vulnerable children, adults and older people by the Welsh Government, Health and Social Services Minister Mark
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A new plan to tackle the harms caused by ‘legal highs’ and risky drinking behaviours by older people has been unveiled by the Welsh Government. The three-year ‘Working together to
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The time it takes for a family court in Wales to decide whether a child should be placed in the care of a local authority has been cut by more
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A new agreement to improve the system of care and support for people in a mental health crisis has been signed by the Welsh Government, police forces, the NHS, councils
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A social worker who failed to act upon concerns over the abusive behaviour of a colleague towards a child in their care has been reprimanded at a professional fitness to
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Dr Simon Hoffman, from the College of Law and Criminology at Swansea University has been asked to act as Vice Chair of a working group that will develop proposals for
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Union UNISON has reacted angrily to the decision of Welsh social care provider Anheddau Cyf to dismiss its entire staff of 300 people and re-engage them only if they accept
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Imelda Richardson, Chief Inspector of Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) , has said that the best way to improve outcomes for young people in care is to offer
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Wales’s NHS will receive an extra £290 million a year, the Welsh Government has announced in its spending plans. The Labour administration in Cardiff Bay unveiled its draft budget to
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The Care Council for Wales (CCW) is consulting on draft guidance for professional duty of candour which sets out that every member of the workforce should be accountable for the
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