Children's welfare bodies are 'failing in Wales', health watchdog says - WalesOnline THE bodies charged with ensuring child welfare in Wales are failing, according to a report by the Healthcare Inspectorate for Wales and other watchdogs. The joint inspection by five regulatory bodies established that local ...

Children's welfare bodies are 'failing in Wales', health watchdog says - WalesOnline THE bodies charged with ensuring child welfare in Wales are failing, according to a report by the Health Inspectorate for Wales and other watchdogs. The joint inspection by five regulatory bodies established that local ...

Winter beds crisis alert as shock decline in NHS hospital beds in Wales revealed - WalesOnline Outbreak reports compiled by Public Health Wales, which record outbreaks of healthcare associated infections – such as Clostridium difficile, norovirus and MRSA – in acute and community hospitals shows a rising infection trend. ...

New E.coli case linked to Anglesey nursery - News Wales An outbreak control team comprising experts from Public Health Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Isle of Anglesey Council continues to meet. Investigations are continuing into the source of the outbreak. Dr Chris Whiteside, Consultant ...

Scandal of bed-blocking patients in Wales who can't go home - WalesOnline During the three-year period hospitals run by Betsi Cadwaladr health board – the largest health organisation in Wales covering Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham – kept patients in for the longest periods with the one person ...

Wales puts health building projects on hold - The Construction Index The Welsh Assembly government has announced that all health building projects have been put on hold, prompting outrage from opposition politicians. Health minister Lesley Griffiths said that all capital spending projects in Wales would be delayed until ...

The Doctor's Remedy: Turmeric for Joint Pain - New York Times (blog) A study by Harvard Medical School in May found that one in 30 Americans — as many as six million people — used an alternative therapy after a doctor recommended it, and a recent report in the journal Health Services Research found that doctors and ...

Tyre blaze waste leaves problem - BBC News Other groups included South Wales Police, Environment Agency Wales, Public Health Wales and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board. The council says it is due to submit a retrospective planning application to Neath Port Talbot council to permit ...

Staffing crisis forces unit closure - WalesOnline WALES' medical recruitment crisis has forced the closure of a minor-injuries unit at one of the nation's newest hospitals, in a bid to save neighbouring A&E services. Cwm Taf Health Board has said it will close minor ...

Why GPs need mental health training - WalesOnline Hopefully, the mental health anti-discrimination campaign Time to Change, which will be launching in Wales in 2012, will help to address some of these communication barriers. By educating and involving the general public, this will hopefully lead to a ...