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We hope new app will help as test and trace not working well enough to keep public safe

24 / 9 / 2020 12.24pm

The latest test and trace figures show we simply do not have the so-called ‘world-beating’ system that was promised, Dr Layla McCay has said.

Come together now to confront the biggest challenges facing health and social care in Wales

24 / 9 / 2020 7.38am

The Welsh NHS Confederation is calling on all political parties to confront the big issues facing health and social care in their manifestos for the 2021 Senedd election and are putting forward solutions for them to consider

Public must get behind NHS workforce as concerns grow about second COVID-19 wave

24 / 9 / 2020 12.01am

The public support for the NHS during the first part of the COVID-19 crisis was “remarkable and humbling” and this support will be needed again as a second wave hits at a time when the health service’s workforce is overstretched, and faces chronic staff shortages, the NHS Confederation has said.

PAC report makes need for more nurses 'abundantly clear', NHS Confederation says

23 / 9 / 2020 7.50am

The Public Accounts Committee's 'NHS Nursing Workforce' report "makes it abundantly clear that the NHS and social care both still need many more nurses going forward", Danny Mortimer, deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation, has said.

Rising COVID-19 deaths concerning as new cases spiral

22 / 9 / 2020 12.07pm

The NHS Confederation has said the latest ONS morality figures are cause for concern.

Festival of learning wellbeing and inclusion

21 / 9 / 2020 2.51pm

Join NHS Confederation's Health & Care Women Leaders Network in partnership with the BME Leadership Network and the Health & Care LGBTQ+ Leaders Network on Wednesday 18 November for a virtual event.

We need public support and for people to stick to the regulations

21 / 9 / 2020 1.21pm

The Director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, Darren Hughes responds to the latest Welsh Government update on Coronavirus in Wales

Clear Government action needed as COVID-19 infections rise

21 / 9 / 2020 11.43am

Responding to today’s briefing from England’s chief medical officer, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, said clear Government action needed as COVID-19 infections rise

Test and trace figures reflect spiralling case numbers amid lack of testing access

17 / 9 / 2020 12.56pm

The NHS Confederation has responded to the latest NHS test and trace figures.

More detail needed about NHS winter funding plans

17 / 9 / 2020 1am

Responding to the announcement of an additional £150 million capital funding to expand and upgrade 25 more A&Es to reduce overcrowding and improve infection control ahead of winter, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, said more detail needed about NHS winter funding plans