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Evolution or revolution
WEBThese goals are not particularly new or revolutionary. It was back in 2003 that Derek Wanless said in his own report into the future of health and social care in Wales that there should be a, ‘strategic adjustment of services to focus on prevention and early intervention’. e needed, ‘to be resolute in breaking down the barriers between
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Long Read: The Future of Sexual Health in Wales
WEBRG: There is a stat on the Frisky Wales website, where you can order sexual health tests from, that approximately 1 in 10 young people in Wales have Chlamydia without knowing. In the grand scheme of things Chlamydia doesn’t seem like the end of the world but it demonstrates the importance of regular testing.
Getting to the Roots of Health Inequality
WEBAs part of Occupational Therapy Week 2021, RCOT is publishing a new report, Roots of Recovery. It offers practical steps to highlight where occupational therapists can be deployed to maximum effect to help build health equity, and – long-term – we want to show that this will help alleviate pressure on NHS and social care budgets in Wales.
A New Mecca: The Story Behind the Temple of Peace
WEBThe Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA), a successor of the WLNU, still resides in the Temple’s peace wing today. More than that, though, the building was designed as ‘A New Mecca’: a place of pilgrimage to which people from across Wales could march and pledge themselves to peace. In his speech at the opening ceremony, …
Prudent Healthcare: a turning point for health and care in Wales
WEBThe really striking feature of these challenges is their inter-relationship: solving one requires a solution to them all. ‘Prudent Healthcare’, which now underpins health policy in Wales, recognises this inter-dependence and seeks a system-wide approach to them all. We need to ensure that care is directed to those with the greatest need
The value of sport to our health
WEBThe findings of the report, the first of its kind in Wales, make a clear case for how sport and health can work together for the benefit of our public service. The key health findings of the review were substantial. It identified sport contributing a £295.17m social return on investment through: Reduced use of mental health services – £23.18m.
Community-Supported Agriculture in Wales: Caring for the Land …
WEBClimate change, a global health crisis and the cost of living crisis pose existential threats to people in Wales, the UK and globally. In Wales, grassroots community food initiatives are a beacon of hope to reduce the effects of the multitude of crises and create more resilient local communities.. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an …
NHS at 75: We need a national conversation
WEBThe Welsh NHS Confederation’s report, launched to mark NHS 75 at the Senedd, outlines that we must use this opportunity to start a public debate about the health and care system of the future, detailing what this debate must cover. We know the public have an enduring faith in the NHS and its founding principles of providing care to all, free
The ocean plastic crisis is Wales’ chance to take the plunge
WEBThe high profile issue of plastic pollution will be one measure of how Wales’ groundbreaking law is driving changes. Welsh Government is already taking some impressive action on waste, including some positive moves on plastics. What we’re expecting to see now is Cardiff Bay stepping up the pace and scale of action, and …
Maximising the potential of GP clusters in Wales
WEBIn April 2016, the Welsh Government announced an extra £43m a year for four years for general practice — with £10m handed to Wales’s 64 clusters. To date, cluster money has been used variably, and going forward, this needs to change. Cluster monies must be used in a targeted way, maximising impact and sharing best practice where it is
We can’t talk about mental health and not talk about poverty
WEBWe can’t talk about mental health and not talk about poverty. 19th February 2020 Politics and Policy, Uncategorised Austerity, Mental Health, Poverty. To break the disadvantage and distress cycle in our communities we need to start to think of it as a social issue not as a problem for individuals, argue Jen Daffin and Dr Sarah Brown. Many of
breaking down the stigma
WEBDr Alisha Davies is one of the authors of Public Health Wales' new report 'Supporting farming communities at times of uncertainty'. Loneliness, financial insecurity and inadequate digital infrastructure contribute to farmers' poor mental health. These must be addressed - and the stigma needs to go, writes Dr Alisha Davies.
The Inverse Care Law in 2021
WEBOver the proceeding 50 years, ‘The Inverse Care Law’ written by Dr Julian Tudor Hart, became a focus for debate around tackling health inequality. The author summarised his thinking by stating: “the availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served. This Inverse Care Law operates …
Prudent healthcare and NHS leadership
WEBAllison Williams is chief executive of Cwm Taf University Health Board. This is an edited version of an article on prudent healthcare and NHS leadership by Allison Williams, written on behalf of the chief executives of NHS Wales health boards and NHS trusts and published on the Making Prudent Healthcare Happen online resource …
The Cultural Spectre of Denbigh Asylum
WEBNonetheless, with the North Wales Growth Deal anticipated to supplement council funding by £7m, redevelopment of the site as residential and business units has already commenced. Comparable plans were proposed in 1995, when a report detailing local residents’ responses during an open house conference confirms that the project …
Parity of esteem
WEBMuch has been written recently about the concept of ‘parity of esteem’ between mental health and physical health, particularly in England. It is described by the Royal College of Psychiatrists as meaning ‘valuing mental health equally with physical health’. In other words, you would have equal access to the most effective and safest
Is Devolution Good for Health
WEBIs Devolution Good for Health? Jeremy Felvus observes that devolution has brought significant divergence of policies as the devolved administrations have sought their own distinctive solutions. Monitoring the different ways in which health policies have affected different parts of the UK is a fascinating exercise, but also a sensitive one.
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