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A new course for health and social care staff will help meet the needs of Welsh-speaking patients and develop the Welsh language skills of the workforce.

The next Chief Executive of the NHS in Wales will be Jacqueline Totterdell, currently the Group Chief Executive Officer, St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group.

A new pre-paid card will be rolled out across Wales to give people who receive gluten-free food on prescription greater choice and freedom.

The number of people waiting more than an hour to transfer from an ambulance into an emergency department in Wales has fallen by almost a fifth.

Babies born very prematurely will be offered protection against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with a long-acting antibody medicine.

Changes to how the Welsh Ambulance Service responds to calls aims to improve care for patients with strokes and other serious conditions such as heart attacks.

A national assessment of all maternity and neonatal services in Wales will begin this month, the Health Secretary confirmed today (Tuesday 15 July), as the independent review into services at Swansea Bay University Health Board is published

More people will be seen, diagnosed and treated at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital following a £4.8m investment in new equipment.

Dr James Calvert has been appointed the new Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Wales.

More people will receive radiotherapy treatment as Ysbyty Glan Clwyd receives new cancer treatment machines.

The way the Welsh Ambulance Service deals with the most serious 999 calls is changing from tomorrow (Tuesday 1 July).

Modern ambulances will be responding to emergency 999 calls across Wales, thanks to £22.45m investment by the Welsh Government.