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Stay safe on bonfire night to avoid a hospital visit
Wales’ top medical adviser has urged people to keep safe and be sensible to avoid injuries at bonfire night events.
Bowel cancer detection rates double since lowering screening age
Reducing the screening age in Wales from 60 to 50 over the past four years has helped more than double the number of bowel cancers detected in Wales.
People waiting for time-sensitive surgery get weight loss drugs on NHS
People who need to lose weight quickly because they have a serious medical condition will have access to weight loss drugs on the NHS in Wales.
Ambulance handover times continue improving
Ambulance handover delays have fallen to their lowest level in more than four years.
Health Secretary to hold NHS to account
Health Secretary Jeremy Miles will hold all NHS organisations to account about how they are improving care and access in a series of meetings in public
Improvements to be made to NHS Wales complaints system
The NHS complaints process in Wales will be significantly strengthened after the Senedd approved new regulations today (Tuesday 14 October).
Welsh Government continues vital bereavement support for families
Support for families who have experienced the devastating loss of a baby is being extended.
99% of pharmacies now able to treat UTIs
The overwhelming majority of pharmacies across Wales will be providing free treatment for a common infection without an appointment or prescription.
More than two-thirds of Welsh pharmacies now provide electronic prescribing
The Electronic Prescription Service, which enables prescriptions to be transferred electronically between GPs and pharmacies, is now available in seven out of 10 of pharmacies in Wales.
New contract will improve access to NHS dentistry
A new dental contract for Wales will improve access to NHS dentistry for everyone as health needs and prevention are put at the heart of the new system.
Thousands of additional NHS appointments
An extra 15,000 outpatient appointments are being provided across Wales this month as part of plans to cut long waiting times.
£4.4m for new diagnostic equipment in North Wales hospitals
New x-ray equipment with better image quality and reliability is set to be rolled out to hospitals across North Wales.