A Healthier Wales - Health and Social Services News 12/06/2024

12 June 2024

 
 

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Thousands more now getting the right urgent and emergency care, in the right place, the first time

More than 200,000 people accessed new NHS services developed through the Welsh Government's pioneering Six Goals programme as an alternative to emergency department care or admission to hospital last year.

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Social Care Wales

Ymlaen: The research, innovation and improvement strategy for social care 2024 to 2029

Ymlaen supports anyone leading, developing or delivering social care, to create innovative, sustainable models of care.

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Men's Health

This year, the focus during Men’s Health Week is prostate cancer.

It highlights the importance of acting on symptoms, and encourages men to share their stories.
International Day of Play

International Day of Play

Giving children time and space to play is so important.

We've become the first country in the world to legislate for children and young people's play.

We're also the first country to enshrine the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into law.

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Social Care

Publication of the Social Care Workforce Delivery Plan 2024-27

The plan has been developed in close collaboration with the social care sector. It sets out how we'll move forward and address the challenges facing our social care workforce.

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SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL SERVICES

Get Cooking CAV

Get Cooking: The courses designed to help families make nutritious meals on a budget

Mum Jessica Roberts loves baking banana bread for her 10-month-old son, Elijah. She’s also mastered a mouth-watering fruity chicken curry and has wowed friends with her homemade pizzas.

Her new-found passion for preparing delicious food has come from Get Cooking, a free nine-week course designed to help families in Flying Start areas learn more about cooking nutritious, yet affordable meals.

Diabetes Gwent

Gwent resident urges people to get checked for diabetes after turning his life around amid Type 2 diabetes diagnosis

There are currently 44,000 people living with diabetes in Gwent and many more people at risk of developing diabetes in the future.

Oral Statement

Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Two Years On

Transforming Children's Services

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Social Care Workforce Delivery Plan 2024-27

2023-24 pay award offers to junior doctors, SAS doctors and consultants to stop the strikes

Donation to the Velindre University NHS Trust Charity

  
 

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