Tag Archives: Health Minister
Welsh long COVID services to be opened up to ME/CFS & FM
Funding boost for services for long-term conditions Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced increased funding for Adferiad (long COVID) services. In 2022 she allocated £5m and this has now been raised to £8.3m for 2023. This will be shared … Continue reading
ME services in Wales can learn from Long COVID Adferiad programme says Health Minister
Welsh Government wants Long COVID community model to also treat and support ME, CFS and MS On 31st March 2022 the Health Minister Eluned Morgan announced further funding for the Adferiad programme for Long COVID recovery: “today I am … Continue reading
Welsh Government responds & asks if NICE is being implemented
Welsh Government replies to WAMES WAMES wrote to the Health Minister on 8 February asking why an announcement had been made about services for recent patients with long COVID, but not about services for people who have been living … Continue reading
Wales prioritises healthcare for post-viral condition Long COVID
Health Minister Eluned Morgan promises more help for people with Long COVID in Wales Health Minister Eluned Morgan announced the findings of an independent review into Long COVID healthcare in Wales on 8th February 2022 and promised continued support. … Continue reading
Health Minister delegates reply re ME/CFS
Welsh Government replies re ME/CFS and long COVID WAMES wrote to the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, on 7th June about ME and long COVID. She is the first Health Minister to fail to reply herself. Instead she delegated … Continue reading
£5m for post-viral long COVID. £0 for post-viral ME/CFS!
Welsh Government: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19 (none for ME/CFS) On 15th June 2021 the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, announced in the Senedd that £5 million would be given to the NHS “to develop primary and … Continue reading
£43m investment in GPs and community nurses
Wales online article by Mark Smith, 7 April 2016: GPs, community nurses and care workers set to benefit from £43m investment in primary care It is part of the Welsh Government’s plan to move services out of hospitals and into … Continue reading
New Social Services changes begin 6 April 2016
Wales online article by Mark Smith, 6 April 2016: New law to ‘radically transform’ social services in Wales comes into force The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 aims to strengthen the voice of vulnerable people and their carers … Continue reading
Shake-up of Welsh outpatient services announced
Health Minister announces radical shake-up of outpatient services, 11 February 2016 Outpatient care will be delivered in a radically different way in the future, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford announced today, as he launched the prudent healthcare action … Continue reading
Update on the Welsh Independent Living Grant from Health Minister
Disability Wales report, January 13 2016: Minister provides an update on the Welsh Independent Living Grant The Minister for Health & Social Services, Mark Drakeford AM, has responded to a letter from the Co-Chairs of the Cross Party Group on … Continue reading