Social care is not in crisis. But it soon will be if the policies and investment we are making in Wales don’t make a big difference in the next couple of years. Social care is the cornerstone of a decent…

Many of the “wicked” issues that we need to address are pretty immune to short term solutions delivered within one, two or even three terms of an electoral cycle. Democracy for all its strengths can lead to a focus on…

Fun and friendship are the poor relation to the more worthy issues of health andeducation. Despite efforts to convince us of the importance of sport and leisure,there’s still a sense that it’s a bit of a luxury. But when we…

On the 1st October 2011 Wales became the first nation in the UK to introduce a five pence charge on all single use carrier bags. This legislative move followed a voluntary agreement between members of the British Retail Consortium to…

  I write this article as the local Assembly Member for Swansea East, which includes Morriston Hospital, and as both a former Non-Executive Director of Swansea NHS Trust and former Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) spokesperson on Health and Social…