Byline: MARK HOOKHAMWELSH secretary Peter Hain is expected to match an ambitious promise to slash hospital waiting times when he launches Labour's pledge card for Wales today.Prime minister Tony Blair launched an English pledge card on Friday, effectively kicking off the general election campaign....
Byline: Madeleine BrindleyWestern Mail (Cardiff, Wales)Western Mail
5. Health is devolved, but there is a link to Westminster and England in many ways. People are waiting longer for GP appointments, hospital waiting times have risen, staff are poorly paid and overworked. In your opinion, how do you think the issues in the NHS need addressing ...
No sooner had I found a seat in the waiting room practicing social distancing and wearing a mask, I was whisked into a medical room by a couple of nurses who took my temperature and blood pressure. Another nurse arrived shortly after, sat me in a wheelchair and transported me to the Car...
People are waiting longer for GP appointments, hospital waiting times have risen, staff are poorly paid and overworked. In your opinion, how do you think the issues in the NHS need addressing?Health is a DEVOLVED issue and is managed by the Welsh LABOUR Government in Cardiff. Since devolution...
screen, and work out where changes need to be made. For instance, we've looked at the 'Clinical Decisions Unit', where patients are sent if they need to spend less than 24 hours in hospital, and we found that by 'ring-fencing' the beds, overall waiting times could be brought down."...
Green is 88 now and recently moved with Diana to Penarth, just outside Cardiff. They live in a ground-floor apartment in an art deco complex that used to be a hospital. Along the open plan living space, large windows look over a communal lawn and, beyond that, the sea. There’s a...
The house has survived two major fires, one in 1922 which destroyed all but the external walls and a similarly devastating conflagration in 1952, shortly after its conversion from wartime hospital to flats. Restored, it remained as flats until 1985 when it was transformed into a luxury hotel, ...
Welsh orthopaedic patients getting treatment in England may have to wait longer for their operations than patients who are attending the same hospital, but who have addresses in England. Different waiting list targets set in London and Cardiff mean that the maximum waiting times for English and ...
It's mid-morning on an emergency medical ward. Medics rush; patients wait. The queue grows longer. To the naked eye, it's delay. To hospital managers, it's a potential waste of time and resources. But to mathematicians, it's a challenge.