New programme encouraging healthy lifestyles for Swansea’s children
Swansea University has launched a new project aimed at encouraging local children to eat a healthy diet, live an active life and manage a healthy body weight as they grow
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Welsh care provider announces 50 jobs across Powys region
A Welsh care provider has announced it has 50 jobs on offer in Newtown, Welshpool and surrounding towns and villages. Abacare, which has offices in Newtown and Bangor, provides full
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Cardiff academics develop new test to help diagnose autism in adults
Cardiff University psychologists have developed the first self-assessment test designed to help clinicians diagnose autism in adults Published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, the test measures the
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Minister praises pioneering dementia care project in Monmouthshire
Wales Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has met the team taking a new approach to caring for older people with mental illnesses. The Raglan Project, linked to the
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Cardiff experts develop test to spot risk of shaken baby syndrome
Experts in child protection have developed a test designed to help doctors recognise children suffering from life-threatening physical abuse and enable child protection services to protect them from future harm.
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Cardiff scientists decode schizophrenia’s “Rosetta Stone” gene
Cardiff University scientists have identified a critical function of what they believe to be schizophrenia’s “Rosetta Stone” gene that could hold the key to decoding the function of all genes
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Radical shake-up of how ambulances respond to 999 calls in Wales
A radical shake-up of the way ambulances respond to 999 calls in Wales has been announced. Under the new scheme, only life-threatening incidents will be subjected to an eight-minute response
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New plan to develop frontline healthcare workforce in Wales
A new plan to strengthen the primary care workforce to deliver new models of care and look after more people close to their homes has been published by Health and
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Flynn review finds care home owner should have been prosecuted
A highly critical review into alleged abuse at care homes in South Wales says the owner of two of the homes should have been prosecuted. The review of Operation Jasmine,
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Welsh providers hear call for improved status for social care profession
Social care should be given a much higher national status – as an industry of strategic importance on a par with roads and railways. That was the message from John
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