Health and Social Services News: 25/03/2026

25 March 2026

 
 
 
 
 
 

DELIVERING BETTER HEALTH FOR YOU

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Extra funding support for hospices

Hospices across Wales will receive further funding support as landmark national commissioning guidance is agreed. The £4.3 million support package from the Welsh Government will provide financial relief to children’s and adult hospices to help meet rising costs.

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£34.3 million for new health and wellbeing hub for Cardiff

A new £34 million health and wellbeing hub bringing GP, mental health and family services together will be built in Cardiff.

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New scanners and X-ray equipment to speed up diagnosis of people across Wales

Patients across Wales will benefit from faster and more accurate diagnoses as nine hospitals receive new scanning and X-ray equipment.

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New standards set out what good mental healthcare looks like in Wales

People in Wales will benefit from clearer standards for mental health and self-harm services across the NHS and social care.

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Draft dementia strategy for Wales 2026 to 2036

Have your say on the draft Dementia Strategy for Wales. The draft strategy sets out how people with dementia, families, carers and communities will be supported over the next 10 years. Consultation closes: 6 April 2026.

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Resources to support the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020

A range of resources are available to help raise awareness of the law and provide information and support for parents and professionals.

BETTER HEALTH IN YOUR LOCAL AREA

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New Director of Public Health report sets out how we must work together differently to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes

The report calls for a shift from traditional approaches which have focused on changing individual behaviours to an approach that recognises and focuses change on the broader influences that affect how we live including the food we eat and how we move.

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Cabinet Secretary hails Swansea Bay service top of the POPS and virtual wards a 'brilliant concept'

The Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Miles MS, has paid a visit to Morriston Hospital to see the work of a highly successful specialist team dedicated to helping people aged 65 and over who are awaiting surgery.

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New personalised app for maternity patients

Parents-to-be across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board area can now access their maternity records digitally, following the launch of the Badger Notes app.

oral statements

Delivering our Priorities: Progress on Better Health, Better Transport, More Jobs, More Homes

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Publication of the Early Childhood Play Learning and Care (ECPLC) in Wales Plan Annual Infographic 2026

Childcare Offer Rate Review

UK-Wide Principles for Pandemic Preparedness

Responding to the 54th Doctors and Dentists Review Body 

Preventing and Treating Cervical Cancer

Supporting Sustainable and Equitable Hospice Commissioning in Wales

Strengthening Accountability and Transparency in NHS Wales

Ministerial Engagement with Children

UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 3 Report

A Welsh response to the criminal exploitation of children 

New Chair to the Board of Social Care Wales

open consultations

Draft dementia strategy for Wales 2026 to 2036

Consultation closes: 6 April 2026.

Changes to two codes of practice: Part 6 and Special Guardianship Orders

Consultation closes: 7 April 2026

Removing profit from children's care: local authority sufficiency plan duty

Consultation closes: 7 April 2026

Draft national strategy for unpaid carers 2026

Consultation closes: 13 April 2026

Development of a Social Care Negotiating Body for Wales to set Fair Pay Agreements for the social care workforce

Consultation closes: 28 April 2026.

Talk with Me Phase 2: Speech, Language and Communication (SLC) Delivery Plan 2026 to 2030

Consultation closes: 30 April 2026.

 
 

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