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Powys County Times
25-07-2025
- Health
- Powys County Times
Powys Health Board to keep minor injury unit opening times
Changes to minor injury unit opening hours and the centralisation of some inpatient hospital care are set to be kept for the time being. Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) members will receive a report on Wednesday, July 30, about a proposal from executive medical director Dr Kate Wright which recommends that the changes 'remain in place". This follows a six-month review of the 'temporary' service changes which took place in June. Dr Wright said: 'The change to MIU opening services has had broadly positive effects, including improvements to service reliability, to staff and patient safety and to staff satisfaction. Dr Wright said there had been "similarly broadly positive effects identified" on ready-to-go-home and rehabilitation units. 'These include a sustained improvement in efficiency and flow, early signs of improved outcomes, reduced lengths of stay, more efficient deployment of staff and efficiencies in staffing costs," she said. The report explains that these changes will be in place until decisions are made through the first phase of 'Better Together', which is focused on adult physical and mental health community services, including urgent care. What are your thoughts? You can send a letter to the editor to have your say by clicking here. The changes were originally agreed last summer as part of the health board's attempts to claw back a £23 million budget deficit last year. Due to the public backlash against the proposal, the health board conducted a six-week engagement process in August and September which included public meetings and discussion with patient advocate group, Llais. Following feedback analysis, which was mostly against the proposals, the board met in October and approved the move for a second time. Opening times at the Minor Injury Units (MIU) at Brecon War Memorial Hospital were reduced from open for 24 hours to 12 hours from, 8am to 8pm. Llandrindod Wells Memorial Hospital MIU, which was open from 7am to 12am, is now open from 8am to 8pm. The Graham Davies ward in Llanidloes War Memorial Hospital and the Llewelyn ward at Bronllys Hospital specialise in getting patients fit and ready to go home. Patients who need rehabilitation following illnesses or conditions such as strokes are looked after on the Epynt ward in Brecon's War Memorial Hospital and Bronheulog ward in Newtown's Montgomeryshire County Infirmary. The overnight MIU closure was implemented on November 18 while the hospital ward changes came into force on December 2.
ABC News
25-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
The silencing of Voice of America
The US funded international news network Voice of America started broadcasting into Germany in 1942. It now broadcasts in nearly 50 languages to more than 350 million people around the world. But in March this year, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order dismantling the US Agency for Global Media - the independent government body that oversees Voice of America. Now, Voice of America has been silenced for the first time in 83 years. Guests: Patsy Widakuswara is Voice of America's White House Bureau Chief and lead plaintiff in VOA's legal case against the Trump Administration. Dr Nick Cull is Professor of Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, Annenberg, and he specialises in the historic role of communication in foreign policy. Dr Kate Wright is Associate Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Edinburgh and co-author of Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America by Kate Wright, Martin Scott & Mel Bunce Produced and presented by Kirsti Melville
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Work to help abused women 'goes on forever'
Work to support and empower women and children who have experienced domestic abuse "goes on forever", a charity boss says. Kate Wright, from the charity Freeda [Free from Domestic Abuse], was speaking as the charity hosted a breakfast in Jersey ahead of International Women's Day. She said: "Perpetrators continue to find new ways to commit their crimes, particularly online... so this is not a one-off project. This goes on forever." At last year's event, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham announced that he would be accepting all of the recommendations made in a report on violence against women and girls. The UN theme for this year's event is: For ALL women and girls: Rights Equality & Empowerment. Community and business leaders from Jersey and the UK have been talking about the challenges many women face and how difficult it could be, especially for women in minority communities, to make their voices heard. Solicitor Harriet Wistrich, who helped bring a case against the London Metropolitan Police for their failures to investigate allegations against convicted taxi driver John Worboys, told BBC Radio Jersey, for many of the women involved, it was almost worse that police had not believed them. She said: "Many, many women who had not reported him - because they did not think they would be believed - then came forward and it transpired that over 105 came forward to say they had been the victim of rape or serious sexual assault by this taxi driver. "Had the police acted effectively at the beginning, had they pursued him, many of those women would never have been raped or sexually assaulted... in the first place." There is hope that Jersey's government is taking the problem of domestic abuse seriously and that women, particularly in minority communities are finding their voice. Lesley Katsande, from Friends of Africa, said: "Lets wait and see. The chief minister himself and the minister for home affairs, they did say they heard us, so, hopefully, they are going to go away and think about it and... implement those changes. "I have to be hopeful. Acknowledgement is hopeful. "However, we are waiting for the implementation. I am going to give the government the benefit of the doubt." Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to International Women's Day Freeda Centre for Women's Justice Why do we have International Women's Day? Jersey government accepts women violence report BBC - International Women's Day
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Work to help abused women 'goes on forever'
Work to support and empower women and children who have experienced domestic abuse "goes on forever", a charity boss says. Kate Wright, from the charity Freeda [Free from Domestic Abuse], was speaking as the charity hosted a breakfast in Jersey ahead of International Women's Day. She said: "Perpetrators continue to find new ways to commit their crimes, particularly online... so this is not a one-off project. This goes on forever." At last year's event, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham announced that he would be accepting all of the recommendations made in a report on violence against women and girls. The UN theme for this year's event is: For ALL women and girls: Rights Equality & Empowerment. Community and business leaders from Jersey and the UK have been talking about the challenges many women face and how difficult it could be, especially for women in minority communities, to make their voices heard. Solicitor Harriet Wistrich, who helped bring a case against the London Metropolitan Police for their failures to investigate allegations against convicted taxi driver John Worboys, told BBC Radio Jersey, for many of the women involved, it was almost worse that police had not believed them. She said: "Many, many women who had not reported him - because they did not think they would be believed - then came forward and it transpired that over 105 came forward to say they had been the victim of rape or serious sexual assault by this taxi driver. "Had the police acted effectively at the beginning, had they pursued him, many of those women would never have been raped or sexually assaulted... in the first place." There is hope that Jersey's government is taking the problem of domestic abuse seriously and that women, particularly in minority communities are finding their voice. Lesley Katsande, from Friends of Africa, said: "Lets wait and see. The chief minister himself and the minister for home affairs, they did say they heard us, so, hopefully, they are going to go away and think about it and... implement those changes. "I have to be hopeful. Acknowledgement is hopeful. "However, we are waiting for the implementation. I am going to give the government the benefit of the doubt." Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to International Women's Day Freeda Centre for Women's Justice Why do we have International Women's Day? Jersey government accepts women violence report BBC - International Women's Day
