Senedd Members have warned the closure of air ambulance bases in Welshpool and Caernarfon will create an “unacceptable patient safety vacuum”.
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Health board to deliver financial recovery plan over £19 million overspend
Gwent’s NHS board expects to finish the year £19 million in the red – and must deliver a financial recovery plan to the Welsh Government within days.
Senedd condemns UK budget as ‘failing the people of Wales’
The Senedd has voted to condemn the chancellor’s autumn budget, with opposition parties passing a motion that concludes Westminster is “failing to deliver for the people of Wales”.
Minister scolds health board over ‘indefensible’ data delay
Wales’ health secretary Jeremy Miles has rebuked Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board for “indefensible” delays to official NHS Wales performance statistics.
Councillors ponder future of police scrutiny after PCCs scrapped
The leader of Newport City Council said he agrees with plans to abolish police and crime commissioners as “part of a wider landscape of police reform”.
Primary school’s ‘remarkable’ attendance figures praised in the Senedd
Ysgol Gymraeg Caerffili, on Pontygwindy Road, achieved an attendance rate of 98.2% in September – the highest figure in Wales.
Pork ‘isn’t off the menu’ amid false rumours of school lunch ban
Online claims that pork was removed from some school menus in Newport are not true, a senior councillor has confirmed amid warnings about “rumour and speculation”.
Health chief hopes earlier than expected winter illness onset will not lead to extra demand
A rule that has required masks to be worn at Gwent’s hospitals last month was made due to an earlier than expected onset of winter illnesses.
Hospital bed reshuffle hailed a success by health board
A reshuffle and reduction of beds between two Gwent hospitals has been hailed a success a year after being approved.
‘Lengthy discussions’ over future of city’s historic Westgate Hotel
The future of Newport’s historic Westgate Hotel has been under “lengthy discussions” between its owners and the city council.