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Unpaid carers in Wales will continue to receive additional support to take well-earned breaks from their caring role, Minister for Children and Social Care, Dawn Bowden has said.

For National Apprenticeships Week, the Minister for Children and Social Care met with former apprentices to hear how an innovative scheme helped them qualify as social workers in Rhondda.

Minister for Children and Social Care, Dawn Bowden was in Belfast this week to learn more about a successful pioneering approach which is helping to reduce the number of children entering care and is now being piloted in Wales.

The 50-day winter challenge to help more people return home from hospital is showing promising results, Health Secretary Jeremy Miles has said.

Wales is the first in the UK to have set up a group bringing government, employers and trade unions together to improve ways of working for staff in the social care sector.

In a UK first, Wales is to have a new process for reviews following a person’s death or abuse to help reduce family trauma, prevent similar cases and protect others in the future.

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.

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

The Welsh Government has today (11^th 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. 

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.

Celebrating the contributions of older volunteers on International Older People’s Day.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Minister Sarah Murphy has stressed the importance of access to mental health support to help care experienced young people “succeed in life”.