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Powers to protect NHS staff come into force in Wales

By Liz Wells 19 January 2026

NHS staff in hospitals in Wales are better protected against nuisance and disruptive behaviour in hospitals after new legal protections came into force.

AUDIOLOGY

Audiology patients in Wales to receive faster, local hearing care

By Liz Wells 11 December 2025

Faster, more convenient hearing care will be available closer to people’s home, as part of a radical reform of audiology services in Wales.

WELSH PARTNERSHIP FORUM

Maternity support workers in Wales secure 'fairer' pay deal

By Liz Wells 25 November 2025

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Cymru is celebrating a deal that will bring pay rises for maternity support workers (MSWs) in Wales.

WELSH GOVERNMENT

New vision for nursing and midwifery care in Wales unveiled

By Liz Wells 12 November 2025

Chief nursing officer for Wales, Sue Tranka, has published her new five-year strategic vision setting out how nursing and midwifery professions will lead healthcare transformation.

WELSH GOVERNMENT

Improvements to be made to NHS Wales complaints system

By Liz Wells 15 October 2025

The NHS complaints process in Wales is to be 'significantly' strengthened after the Senedd approved new regulations.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Plan to prevent cardiovascular disease in Wales

By Liz Wells 10 September 2025

Identifying and treating up to 70,000 more people in Wales who have high blood pressure will prevent more than 1,000 heart attacks and strokes, saving nearly £18m for the NHS and social care sector...

WAITING TIMES

Welsh health board tells NHSE to keep patients waiting

By Lee Peart 04 August 2025

Hospitals in England have been told by Powys Teaching Health Board to keep its patients waiting as long as they would have to wait in Wales, it has been revealed.

WAITING TIMES

Wales' first minister accused of missing two-year waiting time target

By Lee Peart 23 May 2025

First Minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan, has been accused of missing a two-year waiting time target.

PREVENTION

Wales approves food placement restrictions to combat obesity

By Lee Peart 27 March 2025

New rules on how and where foods high in fat, salt and sugar can be promoted and displayed in large shops and online have been passed by the Welsh Parliament.

WALES