WalesOnline - Tag - nhs http://www.walesonline.co.uk/ icWales is now WalesOnline. Great new name, same great content. Visit WalesOnline for Wales news, business news, sport, whats on, jobs in Wales and more. en-gb WalesOnline http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/09/05/the-woman-who-is-refusing-to-leave-hospital-in-op-row-91466-21678535/ The woman who is refusing to leave hospital in op row Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/09/05/the-woman-who-is-refusing-to-leave-hospital-in-op-row-91466-21678535/ A PATIENT is today refusing to give up her hospital bed after her operation was cancelled FOUR times. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/09/01/patients-records-could-go-online-91466-21644109/ Patients’ records could go online Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/09/01/patients-records-could-go-online-91466-21644109/ Pilot scheme enables patients to order prescriptions and view their records http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/call-to-scrap-nhs-dental-charges-91466-21597254/ Call to scrap NHS dental charges Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/call-to-scrap-nhs-dental-charges-91466-21597254/ 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. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/ditch-mental-health-reform-shadow-minister-91466-21597399/ Ditch mental health reform – shadow minister Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/ditch-mental-health-reform-shadow-minister-91466-21597399/ Having a single organisation approach will create more problems than it solves, says Jonathan Morgan, as he calls for a rethink on service delivery http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/global-vision-cardiff-eye-man-speaks-out-91466-21597089/ Global vision - Cardiff eye man speaks out Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/global-vision-cardiff-eye-man-speaks-out-91466-21597089/ 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 http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/junior-doctor-s-first-week-in-charge-91466-21596114/ Junior doctor’s first week in charge Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/junior-doctor-s-first-week-in-charge-91466-21596114/ After spending five years in medical school studying to be a doctor, David Samuel graduated last month. He reveals how his first nervous week working as a doctor at a South Wales hospital went http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/local-partnerships-are-key-to-the-welsh-way-of-providingour-health-service-91466-21597395/ Local partnerships are key to the Welsh Way of providingour health service Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/local-partnerships-are-key-to-the-welsh-way-of-providingour-health-service-91466-21597395/ WHEN devolution in 1999 gave the Welsh Assembly Government control of health policy, some commentators suggested that it would have little impact on health services in Wales. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/mum-and-baby-scheme-promise-91466-21597553/ Mum and baby scheme promise Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/25/mum-and-baby-scheme-promise-91466-21597553/ PREGNANT woman and breastfeeding mothers have been promised better services in Wales. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/20/huge-increase-in-wales-prescription-claims-91466-21565844/ Huge increase in Wales' prescription claims Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/20/huge-increase-in-wales-prescription-claims-91466-21565844/ ALMOST three million more prescription medicines were dispensed in Wales in the year after fees were scrapped, according to new figures. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/20/nhs-job-loss-fears-mount-as-wales-shake-up-looms-91466-21565846/ NHS job loss fears mount as Wales shake-up looms Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/20/nhs-job-loss-fears-mount-as-wales-shake-up-looms-91466-21565846/ THOUSANDS of NHS employees could be facing unemployment as another shake-up of the health service looms.