The first-ever Welsh Social Care Hack has been launched, bringing the sector together to solve challenges faced by colleagues across social care, academia and industry by providing funding to develop the best innovative solutions. The deadline for submissions of the challenge is Sunday June 5th.

Carers Trust Wales has been commissioned to deliver the Welsh Government’s framework for engaging with unpaid carers this year. The engagement event will be held on 7 June during Carers Week 2022, and it is now open for bookings.

Genomics Partnership Wales are now accepting applications to join their patient and public Sounding Board. This is an exciting opportunity for a range of individuals to join the conversation on the future of genomics in Wales. Applications are open until 31st May.

Welsh Government is inviting expressions of interest for the role of national coordinating body to oversee the creation and delivery of a national short breaks scheme for unpaid carers.

Revealing Reality, has partnered with the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) to create a survey for people with vision impairments in the UK. It aims to measure quality of life and get a better sense of what is important and help the RNIB in the work they do. They want to encourage as many people as possible with vision impairments to do the survey.

The Welsh Government has issued a statement on the latest NHS Wales performance data published today (Thursday, 19th May).

New services are being developed to improve access to urgent and emergency care across Wales so people get the right care, in the right place, the first time.

Public Health Wales is changing the way we report Covid-19 data as we move out of the pandemic. From Thursday 26 May daily reporting will end, and a new look weekly dashboard will be published every Thursday at 12pm.

The number of 4-5 years old children with obesity has increased in two different health board areas since 2018-19, according to the Child Measurement Programme.

Mark Bellis, Director of Policy and International Health, WHO Collaborating Centre on Investment for Health & Wellbeing at Public Health Wales, explains why studying wider population health is always essential to minimising health inequalities and improving people’s health and wellbeing, and even more so when faced with a global pandemic.

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) falls on 17 May each year. This globally recognised date was chosen to mark the decision by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remove homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases in 1990.

The Emotional Wellbeing Service, part of Change Grow Live (CGL), was commissioned by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) back in 2016 to provide early intervention for emotional wellbeing in children and young people experiencing mild to moderate symptoms.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has launched a new service that will significantly improve treatment for people with pelvic floor disorders.

New services are being developed to improve access to urgent and emergency care across Wales so people get the right care, in the right place, the first time.

Health Minister Eluned Morgan has urged all those eligible for the Spring Covid-19 booster to take up their offer of the vaccine before 30 June.

Welsh Government have announced a one-off £500 support payment, which is available to all eligible unpaid carers in Wales.

A project that aims to support the mental health of young people in South Wales, has been given the green light, thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund.

On International Nurses Day, Public Health Wales is celebrating nurses and midwives for their incredible contribution to health and care.

Within Primary, Community and Intermediate Care (PCIC), nurses have a dynamic and varied role, delivering care in people’s homes, community settings, GP surgeries and clinics every day.

With society still reeling from the effects of the pandemic, the Wales Carers Summit aimed to identify positive solutions and policy changes that could be made by statutory authorities, carers support organisations and communities to make life better for unpaid carers.