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Nurses give Trust vote of confidence

Nurses give Trust vote of confidence Read

Lifesaving support

MORE lives may be saved in Caerphilly after the town’s first responder scheme was given more than £10,000. Read

Patient praises his rapid care

Patient praises his rapid care

DAVE Carlos knew he needed help when he woke up with a throbbing pain in his leg. Read

Too many patients are dying because of hospital mistakes

SCORES of patients are dying in South Wales hospitals every year because of mistakes during their treatment. Read

NHS must cut costs of birth problems

EVERY year in Wales an average of around 32,000 babies are born. Read

Help makes a difference to Ty Hafan

The fourth annual T Hafan Day will be held on Friday. As hundreds of people across Wales raise money for the children’s hospice, chief executive Ray Hurcombe explains what makes T Hafan special Read

Walk for Fun with women’s charity

THE first Jo’s Trust Walk for Fun in Wales, will be held on Sunday in Sophia Gardens, in Cardiff. Read

Campaign to save 1,000 lives in NHS

A two-year campaign will be launched today to save 1,000 patients’ lives and prevent 50,000 from being injured during the course of their treatment. Health Editor Madeleine Brindley reports on the 1,000 Lives campaign Read

Honesty is the key to making our high-quality care even better for all

EVERY year thousands of patients receive high-quality, safe and effective treatment but we have to recognise that in a modern health system – where increasingly complicated procedures are being undertaken – things do not go as well as we would wish. Read

Discredited drugs policy must change

I SUGGESTED, three years ago, that the public health community should be pressing for an open and mature debate on the subject of drug misuse. Read

What’s the alternative?

An estimated 70% of people over 45 in the UK have raised cholesterol levels. Read

Cutting back the many menaces on the menu

AN award is being introduced across Wales to help people choose healthier food when they eat out. The Healthy Options award will be awarded to food businesses which offer their customers a choice of healthy dishes. Read

Lavern stirred so many into a new way of life

Find it hard to stick at getting fit? Mary Sheppard passes on some advice Read

Health boards hope merger bid will get Hart’s go-ahead

TWO North Wales NHS trusts plan to go ahead with a merger, further reducing bureaucracy in the NHS. Read

Campaign aims to reduce NHS deaths and injuries

MORE than 500 patients are killed and a further 25,000 are injured every year in Wales because of mistakes made during the course of their NHS treatment. Read

Superbug shame of our Welsh hospitals

DOCTORS and nurses could be treating patients while carrying lethal superbugs including MRSA, we can reveal. Read

Rotary’s message in a bottle is a lifesaver

A SCHEME to help the frail and elderly in Cardiff is celebrating a milestone after handing out 40,000 Message in a Bottle packages for emergency help. Read

Care homes ‘ageism’ storm

WALES could be faced with a fresh care homes crisis after the NHS raised nursing care funding by a paltry 39p per patient a day. Read

Care home warning after funding rise

WALES could face a fresh care home crisis after the NHS raised nursing care fees by 39p a day. Read

Campaigners get teeth into e-petitions

THE first petition marking a new electronic way of lobbying the Assembly Government will urge the administration not to add fluoride to drinking water. Read

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