Health and Social Care newsletter - January 2019

January 2019 • Issue 031

 
 
 
 
 
 

health and social services latest news

People

Welsh Government host public events in North Wales to tackle obesity as part of new plan

A new Welsh Government consultation has been launched to address one of the greatest public health challenge of our generation – obesity.

Health centre

Health Minister announces £1.8m investment to redevelop Gower health centres

These changes will result in more sustainable and efficient service provision for people living in the Gower, Swansea.

Scanner

Health Minister announces £7m investment in south Wales’s hospitals

The investments will help the NHS to deliver timely diagnostic and imaging scanning, which will help to reduce the time patients spend in hospital.

Vegetables

Actions to address the greatest public health challenge of our generation – obesity - announced

Called ‘Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales’, the consultation outlines the actions to be taken to help people in Wales maintain a healthy weight.Click to edit this placeholder text.

Children

£7m to improve the mental health of children and young people in Wales

The funding will build on previous investments to improve child and adolescent mental health services.

Carer and elderly lady

Future funding of social care a priority for government – Vaughan Gething

Health and Social Services Minister Vaughan Gething will today outline the ambitious programme of work to explore a social care levy for Wales.

Vaughan Gething

New pelvic health co-ordinators for Wales

A network of pelvic health and well-being co-ordinators is to be created across Wales as part of the Welsh Government’s response to the vaginal mesh and tape review.

Substance misuse

£2.4m boost for tackling substance misuse in Wales

The money will go to the seven Area Planning Boards to deliver frontline services to support the Welsh Government’s objectives for tackling substance misuse in Wales.

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