Health & Social Care

Fair Work Focus is a fortnightly briefing on jobs, pay, hours and employee voice. This issue covers the period up to 31st July 2020. Fair Work Focus brings together findings from thinktanks, Senedd business, business and employee organisations, and more, […] »

The Bevan Foundation is delighted to work with the People’s Health Trust to reduce inequalities in health. Living on a low income or in a neighbourhood which experiences socio-economic disadvantage dramatically affects people’s health and well-being.  Not only are people […] »

On the anniversary of the NHS, Victoria Winckler, Director of the Bevan Foundation, looks at what it will take to maintain the institution that we love in the next decade. Yesterday marked the 72nd anniversary of the NHS.  As befits […] »

The impact of the coronavirus has underlined the importance of social care workers for our communities. Huw Anslow argues that improving their rewards and protections must be prioritised. The last week has seen increasing debate over the merits of retaining […] »

Head of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Cymru, Adam Fletcher, explains how the BHF is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. There are around 340,000 people living with heart and circulatory diseases in Wales, and they are at the heart of […] »

As the search for a vaccine against Covid-19 continues. Dr Richard Greville, Director, ABPI Cymru Wales & Distribution Supply Chain, highlights how companies around the world are playing their part.   Scientists across the world are racing to discover a […] »

In this guest blog, a GP details how those on the frontline in primary care are handling the crisis and adapting to maintain patient access There is a fear. There simply is. The training a GP goes through is very […] »

Allison Hulmes of BASW Cymru reflects on the implications of the Coronavirus for social workers These have certainly been challenging times for the citizens of Wales. The impact is being keenly felt by the most vulnerable, who in the main, […] »

MS Society Cymru Director Lynne Hughes highlights the impact of Covid-19 on people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Wales. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an incurable neurological condition, which affects approximately 5,600 people in Wales, and more than 130,000 people […] »

As we continue our series of articles looking at the impact of Covid-19 on Wales, Rebecca Woolley, Director of Citizens Advice Cymru, sets out how the organisation is helping people to access the right financial support. At Citizens Advice, responding […] »