Health

£825,000 for rural Welsh health services
1/9/2010 - A range of projects to benefit from the Rural Health Innovation Fund have been announced by the Health Minister, Edwina Hart, during a visit to a rural foot care clinic in Maes Elyfryn, Llandeilo. The £1million Welsh A...

Welsh donor gets big thank-you from leukaemia sufferer
21/8/2010 - An ABM worker who donated bone marrow to a young Bratislava man he has never met is overjoyed to discover the transplant has been a success. During February, Princess of Wales Hospital staff member, Gavin donated his...

Killer bug could spread worldwide
11/8/2010 - An antibiotic-resistant gene which could spread round the world has been discoverd by a Cardiff University scientist and has been found in UK patients for the first time. Professor Tim Walsh from the School of Medicine...

Slowing down ageing disease
9/8/2010 - Providing people with early-stage Alzheimer's disease with rehabilitation directed towards helping them with everyday activities is an effective means of enabling them and their families to manage the effects of the condi...

Helping Wales's 39,000 dementia victims
6/8/2010 - Dementia services in Wales are to receive an extra £1.5 million a year to extend their work. The Alzheimer's Society estimates there are 39,000 people with dementia in Wales and this is set to rise by 35% over the next...

Swansea team closes in on hospital killer bugs
2/8/2010 - Researchers at Swansea University are one step closer to producing an antibacterial agent to wipe out the killer infection MRSA in the National Health Service. Nine per cent of patients in England’s hospitals develop a...

Builders ignored asbestos warning
30/7/2010 - A Pontypool building firm which carried out unlicensed asbestos removal despite being warned materials they were handling contained the potentially dangerous substance has been fined £2,500. At a Health and Safety Exec...

One blood donation can save three lives
28/7/2010 - The Chief Medical Officer for Wales Dr Tony Jewell is reminding people of the importance of giving blood during the summer. One blood donation can save up to three lives. Dr Jewell, along with other Welsh Assembly Gov...

Scheme to stop kids boozing
26/7/2010 - Research has shown that two in every five Welsh 15-year-olds have said they drink alcohol weekly and that half of them have been drunk at least twice in their lifetime. Children who drink alcohol are not only risking t...

Cardiff probes health of lone shark victims
22/7/2010 - Cardiff Council is leading a national study investigating the health of loan shark victims. Loan sharks exploit some of the most vulnerable members of society who become recipients of threats, verbal and physical intim...

Kids warned of mobile phone danger
14/7/2010 - Wales has isued two bilingual leaflets offering young people and their parents precautionary guidance on mobile phone use, including suggestions on the safest use of the instruments. One leaflet will be for primary sc...

Wales goes for organ donation opt out
14/7/2010 - The Welsh Assembly Government will seek the power to introduce presumed consent for organ donation in Wales, the First Minister Carwyn Jones confirmed yesterday. Wales aims to be the first UK country to introduce such ...

Patchy provision for autistic children
14/7/2010 - The National Assembly will today debate a committee report which highlighted patchy provision in further education for young people with autism. The Enterprise and Learning Committee inquiry found there was a major gap...

Plan to reduce risk of stroke in Wales
9/7/2010 - An action plan to reduce the risk of Welsh people developing a stroke has been agreed, Health Minister Edwina Hart has announced. In 2008, more than 2,000 people died from a stroke and according to the Welsh Health Sur...

Wales wants organ transplant opt out
9/7/2010 - Wales is seeking legislation for an opt out organ donation system at the earliest opportunity. Dr George Findlay, Chair of the Welsh Organ Donation Implementation Group, said, "Organ donation should be considered as a ...

Wales NHS awards winners
5/7/2010 - Winners of NHS Wales Awards 2010 have been announced in a special ceremony at the All Nations Centre, Cardiff. Six awards were given to NHS organisations across Wales in recognition of their outstanding achievement and...

Vulnerable babies at risk in Wales
5/7/2010 - Vulnerable babies are at risk from inadequate neonatal resources in Wales, said a National Assembly committee today. Neonatal units are understaffed, ill-equipped and over-capacity, according to a report published by ...

Cardiff helps to beat big killer
2/7/2010 - The risk of death for men suffering from locally advanced or high-risk prostate cancer could be dramatically cut, according to a new international study involving Cardiff University. In 2008, 553 men in Wales died of pro...

Welsh health faces £2 billion cuts
2/7/2010 - Savings of nearly £2 billion may have to be made by the health service in Wales because of the financial squeeze. Health and social care services are well placed to meet the financial challenges of the future, but onl...

Dignity for mental patients
25/6/2010 - A new 60-bed mental health unit for older people at the Cefn Coed Hospital in Swansea has been given the go ahead with more than £19million funding from the Welsh Assembly Government. It will provide specialised asses...

Breast is best - but do men approve?
22/6/2010 - The Welsh Assembly Government is looking for the views of fathers, fathers-to be and other men who have an opinion – positive or negative - about women breastfeeding. To mark the start of Breastfeeding Week, an on-li...

Cardiff leukaemia breakthrough
17/6/2010 - Cardiff University scientists have pinpointed key changes in the cells of leukaemia patients which could play a crucial role in the earliest stages of the disease. The research, led by Dr Duncan Baird at the School of ...

£36m health park for Merthyr
17/6/2010 - More than £36million has been earmarked by the Welsh Assembly Government to develop Wales's flagship health park in Merthyr Tydfil, Health Minister Edwina Hart announced today . It means that plans for the park, which...

Boost for breast screening
16/6/2010 - First Minister Carwyn Jones today announced almost £1m of Assembly Government funding for new mobile breast screening units after meeting staff at Breast Test Wales in Cardiff. The investment will fund seven new mobil...

Wales urged to give lifesaving blood
14/6/2010 - Today on World Blood Donor Day, the First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones gave blood at a donor session and reminded the public of the importance of doing so. The Welsh Blood Service continues to need about 450 donatio...

Wales makes strides in autism
11/6/2010 - Significant strides have been made in helping victims of autism in Wales, says Gwenda Thomas, Deputy Minister for Social Services. Giving an update on the implementation of key actions contained in the Autistic Spectr...

Thousands in Wales want to change their lives
29/4/2010 - Across Wales, personalised action plans to help families Change4Life are hitting doormats. The Change4Life campaign helps families eat well, move more and live longer by providing fun, practical ideas to address their ...

Plan for dearer booze as binge-drinking rockets
28/4/2010 - Stricter rules on the promotion of alcohol were proposed today after shock statistics that 45% of adults in Wales drink more than daily guidelines at least once a week and more than a quarter binge drink every week. He...

Chiropractors help Wales to stop smoking
28/4/2010 - All 69 final year chiropractic students based at the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic, University of Glamorgan, have been trained to offer brief intervention on smoking cessation to their patients. The training will be ...

Binge-drinking a feature of student life
27/4/2010 - Students are more likely to be binge drinkers than their non-student peers, making this a key public health concern, says a new review of the problem by the Public Health Wales NHS Trust. Given the association with ot...

NHS Direct now available in Welsh
26/4/2010 - The NHS Direct Wales online enquiry service is now available in Welsh. The online enquiry service, which is available on the NHS Direct Wales website at www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk You can ask a question on a wide ra...

Free vitamins to give Welsh kids a head start
26/4/2010 - A pilot project to provide free Healthy Start multivitamins to all children up to the age of four and pregnant and breastfeeding women is underway. The pilot, which was launched by First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones...

Wales must do more for stroke victims
26/4/2010 - A unified strategy with stroke champions is needed to combat lagging stroke services in Wales, according to a report from the National Assembly’s Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee. The report makes a n...

Fun way to beat childhood obesity
21/4/2010 - With one in three children in Wales above a healthy weight, a new programme aims to help local children become fitter, healthier and happier whilst having fun. At the 10-week after school programme, children aged betw...