Help Us Help You – Self Care and Mental Wellbeing

New TV adverts on how to improve mental wellbeing were launched this week, and can be viewed HERE
Social media assets are also available which can be shared by others.
These are available from here:

Self-care for wellbeing

Accessing services for wellbeing

New Vice Chair of Powys Teaching Health Board announced

Kirsty Williams has been appointed as Vice Chair to Powys Teaching Health Board

Phased easing of Covid restrictions to continue

Wales will complete the move to alert level 0 on 28 January

Welsh hospices’ funding to increase

Hospices in Wales will receive an extra £2.2m as part of the Welsh Government’s end-of-life care review.

COVID-19 Vaccination – Progress against Strategy

Written statement

Support for students to complete ‘vital’ Health and Social Care courses

The Welsh Government has announced £1.8 million to support health and social care students in Wales.

Maternity and neonatal champions to improve services across Wales

Maternity and neonatal champions will be appointed to every health board in Wales to improve the quality of services in a new £1.15m Welsh Government plan.

Health plan scheme a ‘massive help’ in easing NHS winter pressures

The ‘My Winter Health Plan’ scheme, offers an easy way for people with long-term physical or mental health conditions to share information with visiting health professionals so they get the right care for their personal circumstances.

National Planned Care Programme – Best Practice Carousel

The National Planned Care Programme will be holding a number of best practice sessions over the next twelve months.
This year the programme will be sharing examples of models of care and programmes including Self management, See on Symptom and Patient Initiated Follow Up pathway approaches, clinical orthopaedic strategy, and many more.
The first session on the 28 February 2022, will showcase the pathway for prostate cancer follow up.

To hear more about the programme or if you would like to attend this session please contact the National Planned Care Programme: PlannedCareProgramme@gov.wales