Welsh Government

“All health boards are required to implement the ambulance patient handover guidance - it is one of the five key priorities ('enabling actions') for urgent and emergency care within the NHS Planning Framework for 2025-26 and has been incorporated into the performance criteria for all health board chairs.”

“Welsh Government has set a priority for improvement in patient flow and the reduction of delayed discharges (pathways of care delays). To build on this, the Welsh Government has also set health boards in-year aspirations in 2024/2025 to reduce ambulance patient handovers over 1 hour by 30% by December 2024”

“I have directed each LHB to develop a local 'six goals' programme plan that incorporated actions to improve ambulance patient handover performance and patient flow, among other local priorities.”

“Replacement of the two non-complaint terminals at junction 44 and junction 45. This will be progressed by April 2023.”

“The current system for urgent and immediate care of patients with Emergency Neurosurgery needs will continue with the referral being made through the bleep system to the on call Neurosurgical Registrar. [name redacted] effect from Monday 23rd September 2019 the referrer will be asked a question to gauge if the call is urgent or routine in nature. The urgency of the call will be communicated to the r Registrar via the bleep system which will enable them to prioritise urgent calls over less urgent tasks. If”

“We stand ready to support the MHRA in ensuring any future changes to monitoring reach all appropriate healthcare professionals and patients, including through our shared national network of Medication Safety Officers.”

“We have further considered your concerns that there may be other dependent persons suffering from lupus (or other conditions for which hydroxychloroquine is prescribed in NHS hospitals in England and Wales) who may also have toxic levels of hydroxychloroquine in their system unbeknown to their carers. Some”

“The draft regulations therefore, place a legal duty on both social and private landlords to fit smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and if a landlord fails to do so, their dwelling is to be treated as if it were unfit for human habitation.”

“HIW is currently undertaking a review of discharge arrangements focusing on communication and the quality of documentation used to support patient discharge from secondary to primary healthcare.”

“Allreferrals for suspected DVT are recorded by the Administrative Team at the practice and followed up 48 hours later to ensure the results have been received”

“The process of managing potential DVT patients has been streamlined and a definite pathway introduced. All GP referrals which suspected DVTs are referred direct to the Hospital's Radiology Department as per the attached protocol. It is incumbent on the GPs to commence therapy prior to an ultrasound scan being undertaken. Following their scan, if the result is positive, the patient is referred back to the A & E Department where they are reviewed by the on-call Physicians. There is a pre-printed letter”

“We recognise lengthy handover delays are clearly unacceptable as they can impact not only on the ambulance service's ability to respond to subsequent calls in the community, but also on patient's experience. Handover delays are often symptomatic of pressures elsewhere within the unscheduled care system and should not be viewed in isolation which is why work is being undertaken nationally and locally to support improvements across the patient pathway through reducing inappropriate admissions to hospital”

“a Health Board we have implemented and reviewed a number of key processes. e An Urgent Care Board (UCB) has been established, and is the main driver for our urgent and emergency care services pathway. The UCB is chaired by an Executive Director and includes multi-disciplinary representation from across the Health Board and partner organisation representatives. The Urgent Care Board is dynamic, it agrees, sets and monitors shared clinical and management action across the care system, providing”