Ambulance crews are often only seeing one patient each shift, with up to 30,000 hours of emergency capacity lost every month to handover delays, a committee heard.
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Quarter of childcare providers say they won’t be in business at end of 2024
More than a quarter of childcare providers say they will not survive the year due to funding rates failing to keep up with costs, a committee warned.
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NHS stats used to understand violent crime in Wales
NHS statistics are being used to try and understand the extent of violent crime in Wales.
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Dedicated website for teenagers to report crimes
A DEDICATED website has been set up for teenagers to report crimes as they don’t use Facebook or make phone calls like older people.
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Meetings with the Archdiocese ‘haven’t been the easiest’
TEACHERS at a Gwent secondary that is “falling apart” are having to buy supplies with their own cash while mushrooms sprout from its wet walls.
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Changes to Torfaen Council’s cabinet
A NEW woman is in charge of rubbish and recycling in Torfaen as the council faces a crunch decision on fortnightly collections.
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Council tax shake-up pushed back until 2028
A major council tax shake-up will be pushed back until 2028, beyond the next Senedd election, Wales’ finance secretary announced.
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Recycling boxes being used for ‘purposes for which they are not intended’ leads to cut in collection sites
RECYCLING containers in Torfaen – where the council is trying to avoid the introduction of three weekly bin collections – will only be available from four locations from next week.
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Picnic in the Park- family fun day in Cwmbran
A Cwmbran park will be packed full of activities for all the family this weekend to celebrate the town’s 75th anniversary as a New Town.
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‘Increasing confidence’ health board will be taken out of intervention measures
There is “increasing confidence” Aneurin Bevan University Health Board will improve its performance and be taken out of Welsh Government intervention measures.