Plaid Cymru Assembly Members have today responded to the publication of the annual National Survey for Wales by criticising the Labour Welsh Government for “failing patients, pupils and parents” as standards slip in health and education under their control. Shadow … Continue reading Labour Welsh Government “failing patients, pupils and parents” as National Survey highlights decline
The Labour Welsh Government has been accused of failing to turn round a struggling health board after three years in direct control. Next week sees Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board meet to agree savings of £45 million to try to … Continue reading Health Board’s £45m savings plan – Labour failing NHS in North Wales
Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd said the plans to outsource Wrexham Maelor’s Dialysis Unit were at an advanced stage and he had been approached by concerned health board staff about the implications. Mr Gruffydd said: “The contract to provide … Continue reading Dialysis services in Wrexham Maelor could be privatised “under First Minister Carwyn Jones’s watch”
Doctors need better support from the Cardiff Labour Government to ensure there are more GPs available in north Wales. That’s the view of Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd, who called on the First Minister to provide more support … Continue reading GPs need better support from Welsh Government
Students at Ysgol Glan Clwyd are hoping their work on pioneering proton therapy project will win them a prestigious prize and a trip to Switzerland’s CERN project. The A-Level Physics students are working with Ysgol Glan Clwyd’s head of physics … Continue reading Students target Switzerland with pioneering cancer therapy
Campaigning AM’s delight over Health Board decision Pupils in Corwen are celebrating after hearing that their campaign to reinstate a mobile dental unit has been successful. Pupils at Ysgol Caer Drewyn, Corwen, have been campaigning to re-instate their mobile dental … Continue reading Pupils win battle for new mobile dental unit
A young woman from Denbighshire has challenged policy makers in Wales to do more to help young people with mental health Issues. Naomi Lea, from Henllan near Denbigh, was speaking at the National Assembly’s Cross Party Group on Children, Young … Continue reading Naomi offers help to youngsters facing mental health challenges
Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM has today raised concerns that a health board is risking patient safety and failing to learn lessons from a mental health ward scandal. Llyr Gruffydd AM raised his concerns in the Senedd about Betsi Cadwaladr … Continue reading Health board not learning lessons on mental health patient safety
Cuts to hospital beds in the community are having a severe knock-on effect on carers and people needing respite. That’s the view of Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd after new figures revealed a dramatic fall in the number … Continue reading Respite care in crisis due to community hospital beds closure
Responding to news that up to six ambulances were queuing up outside Ysbyty Glan Clwyd’s A&E department yesterday, Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd said: “This is an ongoing problem that’s a combination of a number of factors – … Continue reading Recruit more doctors to shorten ambulance queues
