A positive behaviour support worker is in the running for a top award after “improving and enriching” the lives of residents at a care home. Max...
Social work students will be eligible for greater financial support from September as part of an extra £3.5 million package of support, the Deputy Minister for...
An investigation by social care champions Care Forum Wales (CFW) has revealed the local authorities in Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are among the worst...
As many as four in 10 people in Wales who may have needed social care did not access its services during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed the legal requirement to wear a face covering in health and care settings will remain in place. Speaking after the...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has warned the health and social care system in Wales is currently under ‘extraordinary pressure’ as a result of a range of...
Tens of thousands of social care staff who will be eligible for the real living wage from April will receive an additional £1,000 net payment as...
On Carers’ Rights Day Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan has outlined how £7m Welsh Government funding will support unpaid carers in recognition of the...
Eight care homes in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot have offered more than 50 beds between them to help ease the unprecedented pressures on health and...
A joint statement from Hywel Dda Health Board, Welsh Ambulance Trust and Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion Councils is calling on families of recovering hospital patients to...
NHS Wales chief executive Andrew Goodall has warned the dual challenge of the Covid pandemic and other respiratory viruses will make this winter ‘one of the...
Carmarthenshire’s statutory director of social services has described the impact of national social care pressures locally and the significant efforts underway to manage demand. Jake Morgan,...
Carmarthenshire County Council has launched a county-wide campaign to encourage more people into a career in social care. The campaign, which focuses on real people in...
Older people in care homes in Wales will benefit from new facilities and improved services with the help of a £4 million investment in the first...
Carmarthenshire’s Director of Social Services has written to people receiving or waiting for care to explain temporary changes and delays caused by a shortage of carers....
FFP3 masks are thought to be up to a hundred percent effective at preventing infection with Covid-19 Plaid Cymru is calling for the Welsh Government to...
Pembrokeshire County Council is launching a bespoke apprenticeship programme to boost the numbers of people entering the caring profession and provide local young people with high...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Pembroke Haven Residential Home in Pembroke Dock. Established over 30 years ago, Pembroke Haven...
Welsh Government Health Minister, Vaughan Gething has published a plan, supported by an initial £100m funding, to help the health and care system in Wales to...
The Welsh Government will fund a bonus payment for NHS and social care staff to recognise their extraordinary contribution during the covid-19 pandemic, the Health Minister...
Around 19 million items of personal protection equipment have been delivered by Swansea Council to staff working in social care and schools since the start of...
Social care services in Carmarthenshire are straining under the significant pressure of Covid-19 the council has revealed. Both council-run and private care homes across the county...
People in Swansea are being urged to play their part in helping to keep health and social care from being overwhelmed. Swansea has one of the...
Health Minister, Vaughan Gething, has announced routine testing of asymptomatic frontline health and social care staff will start this month in Wales. Lateral flow tests (LFTs)...
Independent sector social care workers in Wales are to be given greater support to protect their well-being during the pandemic. The emotional support, including one-to-one counselling...