Tag Archives: Welsh Government
Delivery Plan on ME/CFS for England
DHSC Delivery Plan on ME/CFS development strategy The Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) in England has laid out the way they intend to develop the “cross-Government Delivery Plan on ME/CFS for England”, which their Health Secretary announced … Continue reading
#WomensHealthWales Report highlights gender related health inequalities for ME
Women’s Health Wales Quality Statement calls for improved care for women with ME On Saturday 28th May, International Day of Action for Women’s Health, a report has been published by a coalition of charities and health organisations, which discusses … 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
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
Welsh Government proposes new advisory group for ME/CFS & pain
New Welsh Government Advisory Group for ME/CFS and pain 2014 Task & Finish Group Report It is five years since the Welsh Government published a Task & Finish Report giving Health Boards an action plan for improving services for … Continue reading
BBC Wales news: ‘Humanitarian crisis’ for ME sufferers in Wales
BBC Wales News article, 11 May 2019: ‘Humanitarian crisis’ for ME sufferers in Wales “People thought I’d moved away or joined a nunnery”, said Marian Gray, who admits going “missing from life”. She disappeared because she was one of … Continue reading
Residential care savings limit increases in Wales
Welsh Government news post, 9 April 2018: Residential care savings limit increases in Wales From today, people in Wales are able to keep up to £40,000 of their money before they need to self-fund the full cost of their residential … Continue reading
Curb on zero-hour care worker contracts and ‘call clipping’
Welsh Government announcement, 2 April 2018: New requirements to ensure care workers are treated fairly come into force New requirements to ensure care staff who look after people in their own homes are treated fairly and people receiving care experience the best … Continue reading
First Minister’s Question time addresses employment barriers for long term fluctuating conditions
National Assembly for Wales Recording of proceedings, 7 March 2017: 13:55 Mark Isherwood 3. Sut y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn helpu i leihau’r rhwystrau i gyflogaeth ar gyfer pobl sydd â chyflyrau iechyd hirdymor cyfnewidiol? OAQ(5)0481(FM) 3. How is the … Continue reading
