Pen pal scheme is the write stuff at care home
A 93-year-old former teacher who lives in a Barry care home has inspired a heart-warming pen pal scheme involving residents and pupils of a nearby school. The postman arriving at Springbank Care Home on College Road causes a ripple of excitement as they eagerly await...
Emotional farewell for nurse Pam
A nurse from Flintshire with a heart of gold was moved to tears when she bade an emotional farewell to colleagues at a private hospital after more than a quarter of a century working there. Pam Crinson was one of the longest serving members of staff at the Spire Yale...
New health and social care blueprint will fail without proper funding
A new blueprint to improve social care for vulnerable people in Wales will fail unless more money is pumped into the system. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, which represents hundreds of independent providers, spoke out following the publication of the...
Cost of policing goes up by just 17p a week for the average household in North Wales
The cost of policing in North Wales set is to go up by just 17p a week for the average householder. According to North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones, the increase will pay for an extra 43 officers and staff members as well as safeguarding the posts...
Former diabetes nurse Anne celebrates national award success
A former diabetic nurse from Caerleon with more than 30 years’ healthcare experience has scooped silver in the care industry “Oscars”. Qualified nurse Anne Thomas took the second highest prize at this year’s Wales Care Awards, held at City Hall in Cardiff. The...
Shopping centre bucks national trend to smash through 3.5m barrier for customers
A shopping centre has smashed through the 3.5 million barrier for the number of customers as it celebrated a record-breaking year. New figures show Eagles Meadow in Wrexham bucked the national trend and increased footfall by two per cent in 2017. According to centre...
Cinema staff’s great bake off for mental health charity
Kind-hearted staff at a cinema are launching year-long a campaign to raise money for a mental health charity. The first fund-raiser in aid of MIND at the Odeon at Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre next Saturday (January 20) will be a fun day to will coincide with the...
Gold award for caring music star Nia
A leading authority on the use of music in the care of people with dementia has pledged to tell the world about the joy it brings after winning a prestigious award. Nia Davies-Williams is 25,000 words into her book Sketches of Broken Minds which will give a...
Bumper award haul for Wrexham travel agents
A FIRST-CLASS Wrexham travel agent team is celebrating a bumper haul of top awards. Simone Murphy, Manager of Hays Travel in Wrexham, scooped one of the top prizes for a second time at a glittering awards ceremony hosted annually by Hays Travel North West Managing...
Chef rewarded for life-changing leap of faith
A CHEF who quit the pub and restaurant trade less than a year ago to take on a role in the care sector has been rewarded for her "life-changing leap of faith" after being named runner-up at a prestigious awards ceremony. Carys Davies only took up the post of second...
