Tag: Eluned Morgan
4 months ago
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Three Welsh health boards put under increased Welsh Government scrutiny over organisation

All of Wales' health boards currently have some form of increased scrutiny by the Welsh Government showing the NHS in...

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4 months ago
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Eluned Morgan describes 'brutal rejection' which meant she didn't stand to be Wales' next First M...

'I couldn't have got anywhere near Mark Drakeford's level of competence'

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6 months ago
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Welsh Government minister apologises for 'joke' about Margaret Thatcher's hearse

She was commenting on the return of another former Prime Minister - David Cameron - to Rishi Sunak's cabinet

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6 months ago
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Health minister asks people not to use Wales' busiest hospital unless 'absolutely necessary'

It will remain on a 'black alert' for at least the rest of Wednesday

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6 months ago
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Health boards in Wales asked to make even more spending cuts

Health boards have been asked to reduce their expected deficits by 10% as the Welsh Government moves money to 'priori...

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8 months ago
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Welsh health minister issues warning as NHS finances come under huge stress

The Welsh Government has put all health boards into 'enhanced monitoring' because of concern about their finances

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9 months ago
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Covid jab eligibility changes in Wales with vaccine booster offered to over-65s

The NHS is currently preparing to deliver the Covid jab booster programme

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12 months ago
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Thousands wait years for healthcare in Wales as NHS misses its target

Patients have been waiting more than two years in more than 30,000 cases in Wales

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about 1 year ago
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Doctors accuse the Welsh Government of backtracking on pay restoration pledge

The health minister has admitted that the Welsh Government has a limited budget to restore NHS pay to 2008 levels

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about 1 year ago
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Betsi Cadwaladr health board being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive over patient's d...

The health board has been under intense scrutiny recently

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about 1 year ago
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New test to revolutionise lung cancer diagnosis rolled out in Wales

The test should speed up lung cancer diagnoses

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about 1 year ago
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Covid jab offered to some babies and children from the age of six months

The vaccine has been approved for use in children age between six months and four years old

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about 1 year ago
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Former chair of troubled health board issues damning letter criticising First Minister and Health...

Mark Polin claims concerns were ignored by the Welsh Government

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about 1 year ago
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Senedd votes on motion of no confidence in Wales' health minister Eluned Morgan - live updates

Eluned Morgan will face a vote of no confidence in the Senedd today

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over 1 year ago
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Nurses announce dates they will strike over pay in Wales

Twelve out of 13 NHS employers in Wales will walk out next month, but nurses based in Aneurin Bevan University Health...

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over 1 year ago
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Welsh Ambulance Service response times slowest on record for most life-threatening calls

In some parts of Wales more than 60% of the most urgent calls were not reached within the target time of eight minutes

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over 1 year ago
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33 organisations write to First Minister to demand urgent workforce plan for NHS

'We simply don’t know the scale of the NHS workforce crisis facing us'

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over 1 year ago
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'I've been waiting five years for a hernia operation and now I'm housebound'

Martin Owen is one of nearly 60,000 people who have been waiting more than two years for planned treatment

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over 1 year ago
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Welsh Government confirms contingency plans in place should nurses vote to go on strike

A decision to offer NHS staff a £1,400 pay rise was described as 'pitiful and insulting'

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over 1 year ago
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Scandal-hit maternity services taken out of special measures after more than three years

Action was taken against Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board's maternity services in 2019 after major failings ...

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over 1 year ago
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Welsh NHS worker says she'll struggle to afford to heat her home this winter

Lorna Hood, a hospital receptionist, believes it is now 'impossible' for low-paid NHS workers to survive on their cur...

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over 1 year ago
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Surgeon claims Wales' NHS waiting list won't come down for many months

Professor Jon Barry, director in Wales at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said the Welsh Government 'must a...

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over 1 year ago
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Digital records and simplified booking systems part of changes to help improve vaccine rates acro...

A new Welsh Government framework also outlines the move towards the national procurement of the flu vaccine over the ...

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over 1 year ago
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Welsh NHS facing an extra £207m to cover rising energy costs this winter

Eluned Morgan said running the NHS next year without additional funding from the UK Government will be 'hell on earth'

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over 1 year ago
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Major A&E unit asks people to stay away as waiting times hit desperate levels

Only people with life-threatening illnesses and injuries should travel to The Grange University Hospital

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over 1 year ago
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Two Welsh health boards placed under higher level of government intervention

The Welsh Government, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales and Audit Wales meet at least twice a year to discuss the overall...

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over 1 year ago
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NHS Wales has close to 3,000 nursing vacancies as spend on agency staff soars

The health service also spent £133.4m on nursing and midwifery agency staff in 2021-22 to plug gaps in rotas – an inc...

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over 1 year ago
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The astronomical sums the Welsh NHS has paid out in compensation

One Welsh health board was responsible for more than a third of the overall total

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over 1 year ago
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Flu season could start earlier this winter and affect more people than normal

Public Health Wales said cases of flu are already being detected in Wales

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over 1 year ago
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Asymptomatic testing for Covid to end in Wales

Health Minister Eluned Morgan said the changes would come into force on September 8 following a drop in the number of...

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over 1 year ago
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Nearly 700 doctors could leave the Welsh NHS due to below-inflation pay rise, union claims

'Both working conditions and pay keep challenging their decision to remain employed by the NHS'

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almost 2 years ago
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What the £1,400 NHS pay rise means for nurses, midwives, cleaners, porters and other staff

The pay rise was described as a 'kick in the teeth for hard-working doctors in Wales' by the BMA, while the Royal Col...

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almost 2 years ago
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Welsh Ambulance Service to recruit 100 more staff to improve response times to most urgent calls

The NHS trust has failed to meet its target of reaching 65% of immediately life-threatened patients within eight minu...

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almost 2 years ago
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All over 50s in Wales to be offered a Covid booster by end of November

The decision comes following a steady rise in Covid infections over the past few weeks

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almost 2 years ago
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Plans approved for £27m health and wellbeing centre in Newport

The centre will bring a range of services for patients together in one place

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almost 2 years ago
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Wales to extend access to free lateral flow tests after rise in Covid cases

An estimated one in 45 people in Wales currently has Covid-19

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almost 2 years ago
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Welsh Government intervenes again at struggling health board

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board was removed from special measures in 2020

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almost 2 years ago
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'I had back ache for weeks and couldn't believe it when a doctor told me I'd actually suffered a ...

Grandmother Pat Pritchard, 74, has spoken out to urge women to be aware that the symptoms of a heart attack aren't al...

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almost 2 years ago
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Major patient safety concerns identified at one of Wales' busiest A&E departments

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has confirmed that the emergency department at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd has been identif...

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