Articles...
Sep 8 2008
THE NHS recently celebrated its 60th birthday. Since the earliest days there have been some mind- boggling changes. Most of those are for the better, but some are not necessarily so....
Sep 8 2008
PLANS for a Wales-wide screening programme to identify people at risk of a genetic condition which causes high cholesterol are being considered....
Sep 8 2008
HOSPITALS are introducing a series of tough measures in a bid to prevent people abusing free car parking....
Sep 8 2008
A shortage of junior doctors in Wales could see GPs running a city-centre minor injuries unit for the first time. But the plans for the Singleton Hospital department have sparked public fears about patient care and the future of the hospital itself. Andy MacNab, a consultant in emergency medicine in Swansea, answers your questions about the proposed changes...
Sep 8 2008
THE saying “out of sight, out of mind” is a phrase recently quoted to describe the under-reported and often ignored issue of mental health....
Sep 5 2008
A PATIENT is today refusing to give up her hospital bed after her operation was cancelled FOUR times....
Sep 1 2008
Pilot scheme enables patients to order prescriptions and view their records...
Aug 25 2008
It is thought such a move would cost about £26.7m a year, based on last year’s figures – less than the £30m-a-year Assembly Government’s free prescriptions policy – and could benefit more people....
Aug 25 2008
Having a single organisation approach will create more problems than it solves, says Jonathan Morgan, as he calls for a rethink on service delivery...
Aug 25 2008
The NHS celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, but in other areas of the world, healthcare is 160 years behind that in the UK.Rob Walters, a Cardiff-based ophthalmologist and chairman of Orbis UK, highlights the differences between the developed and developing worlds...
