…ll require specific resource allocation to enable healthcare staff time to search records, test and screen risk groups as well as initiatives to advocate patients with potentially relevant symptoms to present to primary care. The study team conducted a population data linkage study using primary and secondary care data within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank. They identified 2,257,992 individuals living in Wales diagnosed…

…ployment and increase their skills and employability is critical to increasing the pool of available talent, and to support people to gain fair work and progress in the Labour market. I very much welcome the news of the extension of these three fantastic projects that are helping more people gain the support they need to fulfil their own employment and education goals….

…we have been through means that this may be difficult to sustain over the coming months. When compared to the same time last year we’ve seen improvements in ambulance response time performance and reduced ambulance patient handover delays, as well as a 20% fall in numbers of patients spending over 12 hours in an emergency department before admission or discharge. This is despite immense pressure. As an example, the NHS 111 Wales service answered…

…he continued: “If you’re involved, you’re empowered, informed and have the latest knowledge. Over the years, research has given us something to put our energy into, it’s been something positive to do and focus on. “We refused to think nothing could be done. We’re lucky that in Wales and the UK research has moved on at a pace. So much has been learnt over the last 30 years and Cardiff researchers have been central to developments, we’ve been so luc…

…people who really need to be in hospital are there and receive the best outcomes possible. Nicola Prygodzicz, Chief Executive of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, said: We are very grateful to obtain approval for the funding from the Welsh Government to extend the Emergency Department at The Grange University Hospital. Since its original design, the demand on the Emergency Department has changed significantly and far more people are self-pres…