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As part of the Nutrition Action Plan for Newport, the Inequalities in Health Nutrition Project has been working with Clytha Primary School and Malpas Church Infants School in Newport to develop a healthy lunchbox project.

Thirty three Cardiff residents, volunteers and community workers attended one of three courses to complete an OCN
in Community Food and Nutrition Skills Level 2 thanks to training provided by the Butetown and Grangetown Healthy Living Programme.

This means that nurses will receive an unstaged pay increase of 2.5 per cent this year. 

Statement from Edwina Hart, Minister for Health and Social Services

Health Minister Edwina Hart will today [Tuesday, 3 July] unveil proposals to give NHS patients fairer and more equal access to compensation when things go wrong and allow easier settlement of clinical negligence claims.

The Welsh Assembly Government today issued new guidance to the NHS on screening new health care workers for tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.

WCfH has produced a Directory of Courses and Programmes in Nutrition for Public Health Practitioners in Wales

As England goes smoke free, the first figures on compliance with the ban in Wales have been revealed.

First Minister Rhodri Morgan today  (Friday 29 June) said that people in Wales and in developing countries can benefit by health workers forming partnerships to learn from each other.

The new Wales Resilience website provides the emergency planning community with a central source of information on civil contingencies in Wales.

A bilingual Cardiac Cooking Companion has been produced by North East Wales NHS Trust to promote foods with known cardio protective benefits.

The Wales Centre for Health has produced a Directory of Training and Education Courses and Programmes in Nutrition for Public Health Practitioners in Wales.

Age Concern have produced a new Ageing Well leaflet entitled Drinking Wisely, Ageing Well.

This consultation invites comments on proposals to change the main acute waiting times data collection to exclude diagnostic endoscopies that are to be undertaken at first outpatient appointment or on admission as an inpatient or day case.

A surgical service developed at Cardiff which could save thousands of breast cancer patients unnecessary surgery has been named Best National Health Innovation for 2007.

The public and members of staff will have the chance to explore state-of-the-art facilities in the new Cardiff University Eye Clinic, "CU Optometrists", at a fun Open Day this weekend.

Swansea Food Connections have published a step-by-step guide which aims to help people through the process of setting up their own community food activities.

The Auditor General for Wales, Jeremy Colman today gave a clean bill of health to Assembly and NHS accounts for the year up to April 2006.

The uptake of scheduled immunisations in one year old children in Wales remains above the 95% target for the fifth consecutive quarter

The NPHS have published comprehensive guidance for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infection in care homes.

New legislative powers will be used responsibly by the Welsh Assembly Government to improve people's lives rather than create a raft of ill-conceived and poorly thought out measures.

Rural Health Profile hailed as a success at recent conference

The Wales Centre for Health has produced a report as part of the three-year Closing the Gap project calling for an end to health inequalities across Europe.

In 2004 the Food and Fitness grant scheme funded the Ageing Well Programme in Cardiff. As part of the programme in 2006 an Ageing Well volunteer led cookery courses in highly disadvantaged areas of Cardiff.

The Way of Life Programme opened for applications on 11 June 2007.