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Vision laid out for ‘no wrong door’ approach to mental health support
- ‘No wrong door’ approach to ensure people get help wherever they go
- No referral needed to prevent long waits for mental health support
- More than 300,000 contacts to NHS 111 press 2 mental health helpline
New safeguarding programme to strengthen protection of people at risk of abuse and neglect across Wales
- New Safeguarding programme to strengthen protection for children, young people and adults at risk from abuse and neglect
- A new Ministerial Assurance Board and intelligence hub to detect warning signs earlier and share information faster
- Children, young people and adults voices will be at the centre of the programme.
Neonatal units strengthen support for parents’ voices in care
- All neonatal units in Wales are now engaged with the Bliss Baby Charter, either having achieved bronze accreditation, or submitted for assessment.
- The Bliss Baby Charter means neonatal teams treat parents as essential partners, involving them in decisions about their baby's care.
- Bilingual resources and tailored support are being developed to help all families take part in their baby's care.
Families given clearer way to raise concerns when a mother or baby’s health is getting worse in maternity and neonatal wards
- New scheme gives a direct route to raise concerns about a mother or baby's worsening health.
- It is being introduced in hospitals across Wales.
- Builds on existing checks already used by staff to spot when a patient's condition is getting worse.
‘Women’s voices should be heard and pain should never be ignored’, vows Wales’s first Women’s Health Minister
- Women's health summit tackles pain and patient voice in NHS Wales
- Clinicians, researchers and women with lived experience come together to drive change
- New framework to ensure women's voices shape Women’s Health Plan
Deputy Minister sets out priorities for social care, mental health and women's health
- Progressing a National Care Service for Wales and strengthening safeguarding arrangements.
- Mental health services to shift towards open-access, same-day support, with 21 demonstrator sites already underway and further rollout planned
- Women's Health Summit this month will hear directly from women with lived experience, alongside action to improve endometriosis, abortion services and maternity safety