Tearooms, Cinema and Library among features of new Care Home in Newport
Designs for a new care home in Newport have won the unanimous support of the city council’s planning committee. The 66-bed residential care home will include a cinema, library, lounge and tea room once it is built in the northeastern…
Teenage carer sat GCSE exam hours after 3am hospital return, Senedd committee hears
A teenage carer sat a GCSE exam only hours after getting home from a hospital at 3am following a family emergency, a Senedd committee has heard. The warning came as witnesses highlighted a “sink-or-swim” reality where children as young as…
Dyfed-Powys Police partners with MedicAlert to introduce ‘Herbert Protocol’
Every year, at least 40,000+ people living with dementia are reported missing for the first time. Dyfed-Powys Police has announced its partnership with the charity MedicAlert to introduce a new missing person’s protocol across the Dyfed-Powys Police area. The Herbert…
‘half-baked’ immigration crackdown could lead to catastrophic consequences for Care Homes and the NHS
Care homes will close and lives will be put at risk in West Wales as a result of the “half-baked” immigration crackdown on social care workers. That’s the warning from sector champions Care Forum Wales (CFW) who say the plan…
Cruel funding gap means frail old people in Carmarthenshire are treated like “second class citizens”
Frail elderly people in Carmarthenshire are being treated like second class citizens because of a massive cross-border gap in care funding, it’s claimed. Research has revealed that Carmarthenshire County Council pays £8,500 a year less per person towards providing nursing…
‘Nobody taking responsibility’ for paying care workers the real living wage
Care home providers urged the Welsh Government to follow through on a key commitment to ensure care workers are paid the real living wage. Giving evidence in the Senedd, Care Forum Wales, which represents more than 450 care homes,…
‘Silly Rules’ initiative launched to help reduce barriers to better care
The Bevan Commission in partnership with Llais, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in the United States, today (18 November) launched the ‘Silly Rules‘ initiative aimed at identifying and reducing barriers to better care across health and social care…
Wales’s forgotten crisis: Alzheimer’s Society reveals the heart-breaking reality of dementia happening behind closed doors
Today (Thursday 3 October) the UK’s leading dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society, has launched a powerful new campaign to shed light on the hidden reality of dementia and the devastating impact of a lack of support, creating an un-ignorable case for…
Better pay needed to resolve recruitment crisis in care
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have proposed the creation of a new carers wage in Wales, to help resolve the current recruitment crisis amongst care workers. Speaking in the Senedd on Tuesday, Welsh Lib Dem leader Jane Dodds urged the Welsh…
Severe lack of data on children missing from care, education committee warns
A severe lack of data on missing children in Wales is holding back policy responses and hindering efforts to help young people, a committee warned. Buffy Williams, who chairs the Senedd’s education committee, raised concerns about the lack of…