Health minister announces £82m fund to help struggling health boards
An £82m contingency fund to help struggling health boards with their finances has been announced by Health Minster Lesley Griffiths.
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An £82m contingency fund to help struggling health boards with their finances has been announced by Health Minster Lesley Griffiths.
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A VOLUNTARY care home worker has been jailed for more than two years after he got embroiled in using and dealing cocaine. Jamie Paul Catchpole, 27, did charity work helping people with Alzheimer’s at a care home, but he also “fell under the spell of drugs”.
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Foster children in Wales are still being failed by the system – despite improvements in the last decade, a charity is warning.
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The income of the Alzheimer’s Society increased by £9.4m to £71m in the year to March 2012, compared with the previous year, according to its annual accounts, published last week.
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RESIDENTS can remain at a Southend care home after it was saved from closure. Jewish Care has agreed to sell Raymond House to a family who currently operate two care homes in the town.
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A SOCIAL care manager at Cornwall Council used razor blades to carry out horrific sex attacks. Richard Mason, 47, of Daniel Gardens, Truro, drank the blood of his victims in the sadistic attacks.
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Almost one in seven Scots (15%) are cutting back on spending at Christmas due to the tough financial climate, according to CHILDREN 1ST.
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Two IRISS projects have got underway over the past couple of months and another is in development. Here is an update on the three: ‘Evaluation exchange’, ‘Reflecting on evidence use’, and ‘Imagining the future’.
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The number of youngsters contacting ChildLine in Scotland about self-harming has increased by almost 90% in the space of a year.
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A SOCIAL worker who spent two romantic nights with the mentally ill patient he was caring for has been handed a lifetime ban.
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