Health… Constructive meeting brings new hope for Hanmer GP surgery 13 Nov 202016 Nov 2020 A positive meeting between health board officials, a local Hanmer GP and a wide range of local politicians has brought fresh hope that a dilapidated GP surgery could be replaced…
Health… Appointment of new CEO at troubled Health Board 19 Aug 202019 Aug 2020 Response from Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru's North Wales MS, to the appointment of Jo Whitehead as the next Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board chief executive: "I wish the new chief executive…
Health… Betsi spending £2m a month on temporary staff – including Marbella Man 7 Jul 2020 “Disgrace” as troubled health board remains in special measures The accounts of troubled north Wales health board Betsi Cadwaladr should be a cause of “real concern” for Welsh Government, Plaid…
Health… NEW: Shocking figures re: BCU external consultants pay 10 Dec 2019 Back in October I revealed that Betsi Cadwaladr health board was paying a Marbella-based management consultant £40,000 a MONTH to deliver savings. At the same time, the same health board…
Health… Last-ditch bid to scrap nurse rota changes 5 Nov 20195 Nov 2019 Plaid move motion in Senedd to back nursing staff Plaid Cymru has tabled a motion to the Senedd in a last-ditch bid to scrap controversial changes to nurse rotas in…
Health… £2,000 a day for Marbella-based management consultant? 24 Oct 2019 Plaid AM’s frustration as health board refuses to respond Delays in responding to questions about management consultants earning up to £2,000 a day at a beleaguered health board have been…
Health… Labour turns its back on nurses over rota changes 19 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 Welsh Government branded ‘shameful’ over refusal to intervene Labour politicians’ refusal to back nurses in north Wales over controversial plans to change rotas by Betsi Cadwaladr health board has been…
Health… 3500 sign petition to scrap nurses’ rota changes 11 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 A 3,500-name petition opposing plans to change nurses rotas in north Wales has been handed in to Betsi Cadwaladr health board by Plaid Cymru. Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM Llyr…
Health… Scrap nurse rota changes – don’t lose nursing goodwill 18 Sep 201913 May 2020 Plaid AM urges Welsh Government to intervene Welsh Government ministers must intervene to halt controversial plans to change nursing rotas in north Wales. That's the view of Plaid Cymru AM Llyr…
Health… Controversial changes to nursing rotas would only save 2% of monthly agency nursing bills, health board admits 10 Sep 201911 Sep 2019 North Wales Plaid Cymru AM says: ‘Scrap nurse rota changes’ Controversial and unpopular changes to nurses’ rotas would only save 2% of a health board’s £1,120,000 monthly agency nursing bills,…
