First Internationally Educated Midwife at Swansea Bay supporting other Midwives arriving from Overseas
Swansea Bay’s first internationally educated midwife is now playing a pivotal role supporting other midwives arriving here from overseas to prepare for work. Abigail Peprah (pictured) became the health board’s first midwife to be recruited from overseas when she joined…
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…
Inquest into death of Ayla Haines in English mental health hospital, hundreds of miles from Welsh home, reveals significant failings in her care
Ayla Haines, a young woman from Llansteffan in Carmarthenshire, passed away in a mental health hospital in London, having been transferred there due to the lack of available treatment in Wales. Ayla Haines was bubbly, extremely compassionate, generous, empathetic and…
Welsh Lib Dems call for Welsh Government to prioritise Mental Health Services
THE Welsh Liberal Democrats have called on the Welsh Labour Government in Cardiff Bay to do more to prioritise access to mental health services in Mid Wales following the publication of alarming data on the number of suicides in Ceredigion…