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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.
All two-year-olds in Merthyr Tydfil can now receive free Flying Start childcare
All two-year-old children in Merthyr Tydfil can now access free childcare, after the local authority became the first in Wales to roll out the expansion of the Flying Start childcare programme across its area.
£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.
Diagnostic equipment upgrade in West Wales
£481,000 of Welsh Government funding will upgrade Withybush General Hospital’s gamma camera system to boost diagnostics.
Former children’s commissioner to chair Wales-wide assessment of maternity and neonatal services
Former children’s commissioner Sally Holland will chair the independent assessment of all maternity and neonatal services in Wales.
£1.3m to upgrade x-ray room in Swansea
People in Swansea will benefit from faster diagnoses following a £1.3m Welsh Government investment to upgrade x-ray facilities in Morriston Hospital’s emergency department.
Annual festival ‘life changing’ for young carer
Wales' annual Young Carers Festival - which hosted a record number of young people this year - has been hailed as 'life changing' by a young carer from Wrexham
Two-year waits at lowest level in four years
The number of people waiting more than two years for treatment fell to the lowest level since March 2021 in June, the latest NHS figures show.
£30 Million to boost social care services and reduce hospital delays
The Welsh Government is making £30 million in additional funding available to local authorities to strengthen community-based social care services and improve hospital discharge processes.
New Welsh language course to strengthen patient care
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.
Consultation on raising minimum alcohol price in Wales
The number of harmful drinkers could be reduced by nearly 5,000 people under plans to raise the minimum unit price of alcohol in Wales.
New NHS Wales Chief Executive appointed
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.