Wales news round up April 2024
There will be a co-production learning event held in conjunction with the Wales Mental Health & Wellbeing Forum 21 May 2024 – Swansea @ The Phoenix Centre, Townhill. 10.45am – 3pm If you like to express your interest in attending this free event, please contact
Lucy Richardson – [email protected]
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists is holding a webinar on 16 May regarding eating and drinking with acknowoledged risks - details here.
Sarah McCarty, who has been Director of Improvement and Development at Social Care Wales since 2016, has been appointed Chief Executive of Social Care Wales. She will take up the role following Sue Evans departure this summer: Read more New board members have also been appointed (details here).
A new look national social care data portal has been launched to make it easier to find social care data: National Social Care Data Portal For Wales a new website is also under development which is intended to be a one-stop shop for information about social care research in Wales. Care Inspectorate Wales have also published a data tool based on their annual return data.
Care Inspectorate Wales have published their Annual Report into the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Social Care Wales will be amongst some additional public bodies that will be subject to the well-being duty of teh Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
The Minister provided an update to the Senedd on the Regional Integration Fund: Plenary 12/03/2024 - Welsh Parliament (senedd.wales)
Social Care Wales are seeking input from careworkers on a tool to address the digital skills gap and also the experience of careworkers who have experience of Essential Skills Wales qualifications.
Social Care Wales have a new e-learning module for learning about the history and relevance of the Welsh Language, which takes around 30 minutes to complete - find out more.
The Regulations on Dearth Certification Reform have been laid for implementation in September 2024: Written Statement: The Medical Examiners (Wales) Regulations 2024 (15 April 2024) | GOV.WALES
A new protocol has been published on use of antipsychotic medication for people living with dementia.