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… 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,…
Health… ‘Open community hospitals to improve health care’ – Plaid 30 Aug 201911 Sep 2019 New community hospitals should be opened to improve health care in north Wales. That’s the view of Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd, who was among those campaigning back…
Health… Welsh Labour hypocrisy over NHS privatisation 4 Jun 2019 A health board under the direct control of the Labour Welsh Government has been accused of a second attempt to privatise a major NHS service in north Wales. Last year,…
Health… Health bosses urged to settle disputes as ‘grown-ups’ 29 Apr 2019 Arbitration call to solve ban on Welsh patients The dispute at an English hospital over Welsh patients has been compared to a similar situation affecting Gobowen hospital back in 2006.…
Health… First Minister challenged over Countess of Chester Hospital “holding patients to ransom” 5 Apr 2019 Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM has today challenged the First Minister to take decisive action over the Countess of Chester Hospital’s decision to bar Welsh patients from referrals. Llyr Gruffydd…
