Tag: Wales Matters
8 months ago
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Concerns about care of stroke patients in Wales

11 out of 14 of Wales acute hospitals were classed as performing poorly for stroke services

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over 1 year ago
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Social media is threatening the future of the Welsh language, a new university study has claimed

Research also found that more than 10% of pupils analysed had a "high level" of social media addiction

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over 1 year ago
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'I had to wait two years to find out why my baby died'

"I'd been waiting so long for the answers, but then when I got the answers they just destroyed me all over again"

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over 1 year ago
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A lone child refugee from Ukraine has arrived in Wales

Around 15 children without parents or guardians are set to come Wales

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over 1 year ago
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Gleision victims' families face 'anxious' wait to see if a full inquest into tragedy will be held

Eleven years on from the tragedy which claimed four men's lives, their loved ones are desperate to know what what hap...

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almost 2 years ago
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Early signs suggest Wales' current wave of Covid infections may have peaked

However across the UK as a whole the infection rate continues to climb

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almost 2 years ago
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Welsh NHS 'creaking under high levels of pressure' as latest waiting times figures published

The number of people on waiting lists for non-urgent treatment hit record levels for the 25th month in a row

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almost 2 years ago
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Wales' Covid rate is close to reaching an all-time high

The number of people being actively being treated for the virus in hospital is also on the rise

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almost 2 years ago
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Wales now has more Covid cases per head than England as infection rates rise

One in 20 people in Wales now has Covid, which is way up on the one in 75 at the start of June

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almost 2 years ago
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Wales' top doctor on the rise in Covid cases, when they could peak and whether future restriction...

Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, spoke to the press on Friday afternoon

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almost 2 years ago
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Wales sees sharp rise in Covid infection rate due to new Omicron variants

There has also been a sharp rise in the number of Covid cases in intensive care

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almost 2 years ago
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Welsh doctor says more GPs are needed to avoid 'complete collapse' of service

"The service is underfunded, understaffed and overworked. Patients are getting a raw deal and are increasingly frustr...

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almost 2 years ago
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Lives 'will be lost' if hospital A&E is shut down, campaigners warn

Hywel Dda UHB has proposed building a new hospital on the Pembrokeshire/Carmarthenshire border which will result in t...

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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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More patients 'languishing in pain' on NHS waiting lists but urgent care shows small signs of imp...

The number of people on waiting lists for non-urgent treatment hit record levels for the 24th month in a row

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almost 2 years ago
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Woman moves eight times in two years and lives in yurt because she's priced out of her area

Second home ownership means some areas of Wales 'have seen such a reduction in permanent residents that public servic...

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almost 2 years ago
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Covid cases fall across most of UK but one nation sees rise

Total infections have now fallen by 78% since the peak of the recent Omicron BA.2 wave in late March, when a record 4...

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almost 2 years ago
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Wales sees spike in cases of diarrhoea linked to visits to farm attractions

Public Health Wales is reminding people who visit 'open farms' of the importance of washing their hands after contact...

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almost 2 years ago
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Heart problems common in Covid patients after leaving hospital, study finds

The study also looked at why some patients suffer long-term ill health after hospitalisation with Covid-19

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almost 2 years ago
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Andrew RT Davies gets a round of applause for forgetting Welsh town's name

The Conservative conference is being held in Llan...Llan...north Wales

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almost 2 years ago
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More than 700,000 patients in Wales are now waiting for planned treatment on the NHS

The number of people on waiting lists for non-urgent treatment hit record levels for the 23rd month in a row

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almost 2 years ago
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Welsh patient died after getting head trapped between bed rails and mattress in hospital

Former police officer Max Dingle, 83, from Powys, was one of two patients found to have been given inadequate care by...

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almost 2 years ago
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Simple blood test could save thousands of lives from bowel cancer

A trial showed the test picked up about 80% of early-stage cancers

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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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almost 2 years ago
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The number of Welsh nurses and midwives leaving the NHS is rising

More than a third of staff in Wales said the Covid pandemic had influenced their decision to leave, while 18% cited '...

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almost 2 years ago
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The number of young children who have received the Covid vaccine in Wales

Scientists say the lower take-up among primary school-aged children is due to a perception that Covid poses little ri...

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about 2 years ago
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Covid cases in hospital in Wales fall to their lowest level in nine months

The number of infections has also fallen for the fourth week in a row, according to data from the ONS

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about 2 years ago
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Mark Drakeford has ruled out an independent review into social services after five-year-old Logan...

Wales is the only UK nation not holding an independent inquiry

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about 2 years ago
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Teen who woke up feeling like she'd been struck by lightning told her spine is fusing together

Kate Liberty, 24, from Llantrisant, has been living with a form of arthritis since the age of 18

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about 2 years ago
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Covid cases drop across the UK by nearly a third as Wales keeps highest infection rate

ONS data suggests that the recent surge of coronavirus, driven by the Omicron BA.2 variant, has peaked and is now dec...

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about 2 years ago
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'I was left waiting in A&E for 26 hours in horrific pain with only hard chairs to sleep on'

Julianne Williams, 54, said her experience of the emergency department at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil w...

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about 2 years ago
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The results of the latest Covid review in Wales have been announced

The Welsh Government say cases are so high they can't yet remove the final rule

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about 2 years ago
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Key Wales football games could vanish from free-to-air TV sooner than expected amid Welsh boss' d...

FAW chief Neil Mooney says decision yet to be made on who broadcasts Wales matches between 2022-24, with games after ...

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about 2 years ago
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Is Wales going to change its childcare ratios at nurseries?

The UK Government has suggested changing ratios to help with the cost of living crisis

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about 2 years ago
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Wales still has the highest Covid rate in the UK despite cases falling

The virus is still circulating at high levels across the country

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about 2 years ago
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'My dad is trapped inside his own body because of Wales' ambulance crisis'

The daughter of Gareth Thomas Hale, 66, claims delays in getting her dad to hospital prevented him from getting the s...

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about 2 years ago
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'Super Saturdays' and longer hours to be introduced for NHS Wales staff as part of plans to tackl...

There are a record 691,885 patients currently on the NHS waiting list, with more than a quarter of a million of them ...

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about 2 years ago
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Wales plans to end NHS waiting times of more than a year by spring 2025

The Welsh Government is releasing its NHS recovery plan for non-urgent appointments and procedures on Tuesday

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about 2 years ago
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Wales ambulance staff 'dead on their feet' as waits hit unprecedented levels

"Who would have thought we would be talking about a patient waiting in an ambulance for more than a day to access the...

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