icWales Health News

A MILLIONAIRE businessman has called for child carers to be given more support in the face of severe public sector spending cuts.

A FIREFIGHTER who donated his bone marrow to a total stranger has received transatlantic news that he helped save the life of a US family man.

A work colleague has recently advised us that he has been diagnosed with scabies and is undergoing treatment. Should I be worried?

The National Asbestos Helpline is highlighting the devastating effects of asbestos exposure with a series of roadshows around the UK. Clare Hutchinson spoke to one former steelworker from Cardiff who was diagnosed with asbestosis 12 months ago

STUART Cable’s girlfriend and band pledged to continue the late drummer’s charity work as they toured a teenage cancer unit in South Wales.

HEALTH chiefs have unveiled ambitious plans to ban the use of expensive agency nurses in hospitals.

HEALTH chiefs have unveiled ambitious plans to ban the use of expensive agency nurses in hospitals.

A TODDLER will fly out to the United States on Sunday to undergo pioneering surgery to help him walk unaided for the first time in his short life.

HUNDREDS of people with mental health problems are undergoing electro-convulsive therapy in Wales each year.

PLANS to double the amount of money the NHS spends on obesity surgery in Wales have come under fire from a sustainable transport charity.

THE NHS should stop funding chaplaincy services and put the money towards frontline services instead, it has been claimed.

RAPE victims are being let down and criminals are walking free because of a lack of qualified medical experts, a leading Welsh doctor has claimed.

PLANS to double the amount of money the NHS spends on obesity surgery in Wales have come under fire from a sustainable transport charity.

LIFESTYLE advisers will be based at GP surgeries in West Wales to help patients lead healthier lives.

THE NHS should stop funding chaplaincy services and put the money towards frontline services instead, it has been claimed.

AN INDEPENDENT review of the organisation responsible for inspecting care homes and social services in Wales is to be carried out.

RAPE victims are being let down and criminals are walking free because of a lack of qualified medical experts, a leading Welsh doctor has claimed.

RETAIL giant Marks & Spencer has started selling school uniforms for super-sized pupils in apparent recognition of Britain’s worrying slide towards childhood obesity.

WALES’ leading doctor will today urge people to give blood this summer.

A FUNDING boost will see more people undergoing NHS weight-loss surgery to help tackle the nation’s obesity epidemic.