Today, the MPs from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health launch the report of their investigation into the implementation of the recent NICE Guideline on treatment of schizophrenia. The Group took up this issue following responses to parliamentary questions, which revealed that implementation was the responsibility of individual NHS organisations and progress was ...
A shocking number of children are being rushed to hospital suffering from a potentially fatal diabetic condition, says the National Director of Diabetes UK Cymru, Dai Williams. More than 120 children in Wales were admitted to accident and emergency departments in a year with a potentially fatal diabetic complication, leading health charity Diabetes UK Cymru warns ...
A joint Cardiff University and NHS study designed to establish whether encouraging obese pregnant women to eat more healthily and take more exercise has a positive impact on both mother and child has received a £1M funding boost. The Healthy Eating and Lifestyle in Pregnancy (HELP) project, funded by the National Prevention Research Initiative, will ...
HealthCardiff has become the first Welsh city to be given World Health Organization (WHO) Healthy Cities status joining only seven other cities in the United Kingdom . Achievement of the award is being seen as an important step in ensuring Cardiff continues to develop as one of the best places to live in the country ...
Cardiff News, HealthShadow Health Minister Andrew RT Davies has called on the Assembly Government to end uncertainty over the provision of complex neurosurgery in south Wales. The demand follows a decision to transfer emergency neurosurgery at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff due to staffing problems earlier this year. South Wales Central ...
Health, Welsh AssemblyCardiff West MP, Kevin Brennan, has joined RNID Cymru’s call for people to value their hearing and take the charity’s specially developed hearing check. Kevin Brennan took RNID’s five-minute hearing check, which assesses your ability to hear someone speaking with background noise – similar to being in a crowded room – and helps identify whether ...
Cardiff News, HealthX Factor winner Alexandra Burke is calling on young people affected by diabetes in Wales to join leading health charity Diabetes UK’s new young campaigners network. The X Factor winner, whose mother has Type 2 diabetes and had kidney failure last year, is launching Diabetes UK’s My Voice campaign to encourage and support young people ...
HealthMothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years. New research, led by Dr Stanley Zammit of the School of Medicine, shows a link between maternal tobacco use and psychotic symptoms. Researchers from Cardiff, Bristol, Nottingham and Warwick Universities studied 6,356 12-year-olds from the Avon ...
Cardiff News, HealthToday, the MPs from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health launch the report of their investigation into...
A shocking number of children are being rushed to hospital suffering from a potentially fatal diabetic condition, says the...
Cardiff Council’s energy saving drive and bid to cut carbon emissions is already reaping the benefits. In the last...
The new Park and Ride in the east of Cardiff is proving to be extremely popular, with the numbers...
A group of Cardiff students took control of one of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes this week as...
Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, tabled a motion in Parliament calling on the Government to...
Flagship Assembly Government legislation could take almost three years to come into force, says Welsh Conservatives. Shadow Health Minister...
This Christmas will be busier than ever for the Cardiff County & Vale of Glamorgan Music Service ensembles, with...
It’s not just Scrooge who has the opportunity to visit Christmas past, Glamorgan Archives has many items that help...
Cardiff Council, in partnership with the Friends of Insole Court Heritage Interpretation Project, today celebrate a successful first year...
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