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Dawn Bowden MS Minister for Children and Social Care (Landscape)

New hub opens to help more carers find support

On Carers Rights day today, the Minister for Children and Social Care officially opened a new hub that will help more unpaid carers claim their rights and access free support.

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Folic acid added to flour to prevent birth defects in Wales

Flour will be boosted with folic acid to protect hundreds of babies against serious disabilities every year.

But daily supplements are still vital urges Wales’ top doctor.

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Digital ambition in emergency departments boosts efforts to reduce carbon emissions

Emergency departments across Wales are being challenged to embrace digital technology in a bid to make patient care more efficient and become environmentally sustainable.

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Huge boost for childcare sector in Wales as small business rates relief made permanent

Registered childcare premises will no longer have to pay business rates, saving millions of pounds every year.

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New 50-day challenge to improve hospital discharge and community care

The Welsh Government has today (11th November) launched a 50-day challenge to help more people safely return home from hospital and to ease winter pressures on our health and care system. 

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Wales edges closer to being at the forefront of genomics expertise

Wales is edging closer to being at the forefront of genomics after the NHS signed an ambitious new collaboration with a leading science technology company.

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Time to ‘stub it out’ for a generation

A new law has been laid before Parliament today, which could create the first smoke-free generation.

Jeremy Miles (L)

£28m to help cut long hospital waiting times

Health Secretary Jeremy Miles is today (Thursday 24th October) announcing £28m to help the NHS cut the longest waiting times.

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‘Employers have a responsibility to support the mental health of those who work for them,’ says Minister

Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Sarah Murphy, has stressed the importance of mental health in the workplace during a visit to an employer leading the way with supporting their employees.

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Bowel screening age lowered to 50 in Wales

Thousands more people will automatically receive at-home bowel screening tests to help save more lives.

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Quarter of a billion-pound investment into community care keeping people well at home and preventing hospital admissions

More than a quarter of a billion pounds of Welsh Government investment has helped older people be cared for in their own homes and avoided thousands of unnecessary hospital stays.