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Here you will find press releases and news from stakeholder organisations for the past two weeks, older stories can be found in the archive. The news stories and press releases below are broken down into sub-categories within this area to make it easier to find the news release you’re looking for.
NHS Services | Health and Health Statistics | Social Care | Children's Services | Archive
NHS Services
- 10.03.10 No smoking day (NHS Wales)
- 09.03.10 Palliative teams to strengthen brain cancer work (NHS Wales)
- 08.03.10 Veterans mental health service extended across Wales (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 05.03.10 Health Minister visits expanded dementia services in Carmarthenshire (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 04.03.10 Public Service Wales: Meeting the Challenge of Change (Health of Wales Information Service)
- 03.03.10 Unannounced Cleanliness Spot Check on Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Published Today (Healthcare Inspectorate Wales)
- 03.03.10 Have your say on hospital food (Welsh Audit Office)
- 03.03.10 NHS Diagnostic and Therapy Service Waiting Times: At End of January 2010 - postponed (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 03.03.10 Ambulance Services, January 2010 (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 02.03.10 Written Statement: Dissolution of the Meat Hygiene Service and merger with the Food Standards Agency (Health of Wales Information Service)
- 02.03.10 Clinical Governance feedback reports published (Health of Wales Information Service)
- 02.03.10 Interactive geographies tool published (Health of Wales Information Service)
- 02.03.10 NHS Cancer Waiting Times in Wales - Quarter Ending December 2009 (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 02.03.10 Non medical student numbers increase again (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 01.03.10 Topping out for £78.9m Cynon Valley Hospital (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 26.02.10 Public Service Wales: Meeting the challenge of change (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 26.02.10 New deal for public services call (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 25.02.10 More than £2.3m for improvements to Bryn y Neuadd Hospital (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 25.02.10 Health Minister opens new GP surgery at Abergele (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 24.02.10 NHS Waiting Times: At End January 2010 (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 23.02.10 NHS Dental Services, July-September 2009 (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 17.02.10 St John Ambulance Receives funding from Health Minister (Welsh Assembly Government)
- Older stories can be found in the archive
Health and Health Statistics
- 09.03.10 TB screening starts in Rhondda Cynon Taf (Public Health Wales)
- 04.03.10 Influenza activity in Wales: week 08 2010 (NHS Wales)
- 04.03.10 Deputy Minister launches new guide for disabled young people (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 04.04.10 Health Minister acts to improve access to wheelchairs (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 02.03.10 UK Zoonoses Report 2008 (Health of Wales Information Service)
- 02.03.10 £1.3m plan to reduce hepatitis in Wales (Health of Wales Information Service)
- 02.03.10 Pedestrian Road Casualties in Wales - 2008 (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 02.03.10 Congenital Anomaly Statistics, England and Wales (Series MB3) - No. 23, 2008 (Office for National Statstics)
- 26.02.10 £1.9m to improve care for thalidomide survivors in Wales (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 25.02.10 Health Minister opens new GP surgery at Abergele (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 24.02.10 Outbreak of TB in Rhondda Cynon Taf (Public Health Wales)
- 24.02.10 Conception summary tables, England and Wales (provisional) - 2008 (Office of National Statistics)
- 24.02.10 Annual Conceptions to Women aged under 18, England and Wales - 2008 (provisional) (Office of National Statistics)
- 24.02.10 Welsh Health Survey 2008: Health of Carers (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 23.02.10 Good for the soul - Arts Council of Wales ‘Arts in Health and Well-being' Conference 2010 (Arts Council of Wales)
- 23.02.10 Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in England and Wales - week ending 12/02/2010 (Office of National Statistics)
- 19.02.10 Blood test has potential to revolutionise healthcare for millions (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 18.02.10 Swine Flu Pandemic Weekly Report (Health of Wales Information Service)
- 18.02.10 Pandemic H1N1 (2009) influenza: Chief Medical Officer's fortnightly bulletin for journalists (Department for Health)
- Older stories can be found in the archive
Social Care
- 05.03.10 Money row heightens suicide risk for jailed teens (Barnados)
- 22.02.10 Statement by the Welsh Assembly Government: Independent Commission on Social Services – Appointment (Health of Wales Information Service)
- 10.02.10 The Robin Hood Tax (Barnados)
- 07.02.10 New jobs help for disabled and disadvantaged people (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 02.02.10 Ambulance Services, December 2009 (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 01.02.10 Carmarthenshire event looks at paying for care (Age Concern Cymru)
- 01.02.10 Minister launches new organisation to champion Welsh Social Enterprise (Welsh Government)
- Older stories can be found in the archive
Chidren's Services
- 23.02.10 Teenage Violence (Funky Dragon)
- 16.02.10 NSPCC EduCare partnership hits child protection landmark (NSPCC)
- 15.02.10 Michelin starred chef Atul Kochar cooks up a storm for Barnardo's (Barnados)
- 12.02.10 Beat the big chill and get busy this half-term (Welsh Assembly Government)
- 11.02.10 New Chair Outlines Nation's Sporting Ambitions (Sports Council Wales)
- Older stories can be found in the archive
Here you will find a range of publications from stakeholder organisations along with details of forthcoming publications, and the dates they should be published (subject to change).
Current publications | Forthcoming publications | Parlimentary research
Current publications
- Funding and performance of healthcare systems in the four countries of the UK before and after devolution, The Nuffield Trust, January 2010
- Paying the Price of Being Poor, The Bevan Foundation, November 2009
- Street cleanliness in deprived and better-off neighbourhoods, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, November 2009
- Access to Medicines, The Bevan Foundation, October 2009
- What is Needed to end Child Poverty in Wales?, The Bevan Foundation, June 2009
Forthcoming publications
- Maternity Method of Delivery, 1999-2009, Welsh Assembly Government / Statistics for Wales, to be published February2010
- Welsh Health Survey 2008: Health of Carers, Welsh Assembly Government / Statistics for Wales, to be published February 2010
Parliamentary research
Here you will find details of Assembly business relating to Health and Social Care
Plenary meetings | Committee meetings | Legislation
Plenary meetings
Here you will find items due for debate in Plenary over the next three weeks which are related to Health and Social Care. These have been taken from the latest Business Statement and Announcement. (Items are subject to change)
Date |
Item |
| Tuesday 16 March 2010 |
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| Tuesday 23 March 2010 |
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Committee meetings
Here you will find dates of committees which will be meeting over the next three weeks which are related to Health and Social Care.
Date |
Committee |
| Thursday 25 February 2010 |
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| Thursday 4 March 2010 |
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| Thursday 11 March 2010 |
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| Thursday 18 March 2010 |
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If you’re interested in the progress of Scrutiny Committee Inquiries, please see our Progress of Scrutiny Committee inquiries page for details of current status.
Legislation
Here you will find details of all Legislative Competence Orders and Measures related to Health and Social Care which have either completed their progress, or are still in progress.
There are also links to the Members’ Research Service Assembly Powers tracking notes, showing changes made to the Fields within Schedule 5 to the Government of Wales Act 2006
Measures |
Status |
Introduced |
| Proposed Carers Strategies (Wales) Measure | Progress of Measure | January 2010 |
| Proposed Social Care Charges (Wales) Measure | Progress of Measure | June 2009 |
| NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008 | Progress of Measure | July 2007 |
| Healthy Eating in Schools (Wales) Measure 2009 | Progress of Measure | June 2007 |
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