£30m additional funding for local authorities in Wales to reduce delayed hospital discharges
The Welsh Government is making £30 million in additional funding available to local authorities to strengthen community-based social care services and improve hospital discharge processes.…
Residents and tourists with severe disabilities in Wales to benefit from Changing Places
The Welsh Government has awarded Powys County Council a grant to make improvements to six public toilet facilities, with Llandrindod Wells expected to become the…
£2.2m funding to help older and disabled people make adaptations to their homes in Wales
The Welsh Government has reallocated £ million to the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) to support housing adaptations for older and disabled people, enabling them to…
Wales allocates more than £600m extra funding for the NHS and social care
The Welsh Government has approved the Welsh Budget 2025-26, releasing £ billion of extra funding for the NHS, councils, social care and public transport, benefitting…
Wales winter challenge assists the 25 percent of people with the longest hospital discharge delays
The 50-day winter challenge in Wales was launched to ensure the NHS and local councils worked together to share and learn from best practice to…
Welsh Government finances voice banking tech for Welsh speakers at risk of losing their voice
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Mark Drakeford Through its Welsh language technology action plan, the Welsh Government is financing an innovative voice banking…
Health boards and local authorities in Wales to support people in hospital to return home
The Welsh Government has launched a 50-day challenge to help more people safely return home from hospital and to ease winter pressures on our health…
National Office for Care and Support to focus on the improvement of social care services
A new National Office for Care and Support that focuses on innovation, improvement, and transformation of adult and children’s services has been launched. Minister for…
Welsh football coach receives government- funded microprocessor controlled prosthetic knee
Amputee of 24 years Martin Padfield can join in with his son's football team again thanks to Welsh Government-funded specialist microprocessor controlled prosthetic knees (MPKs).…
Over 500 extra beds set to help patients get specialist care closer to home in Wales
More than 500 extra step-down beds and community care packages will help people get care closer to home and free up hospital beds for Wales…