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The NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008 is the first piece of primary legislation passed by the Welsh Assembly with its greater law-making powers in the wake of the Government of Wales Act 2006. It was passed by the Welsh Assembly on 6 May 2008 and became law on 9 July 2008 when the Queen approved it through an Order in Council of the Privy Council .
Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and going fire or a rescue incident. Code 2: Unused within the Country Fire Authority. Code 3: Non-urgent event, such as a previously extinguished fire or community service cases (such as animal rescue or changing of smoke alarm batteries for the ...
In September 2014 the Welsh Government announced a service that would be capable of reaching around 95% of the population within 30 minutes, operational for 12 hours of the day. [ 1 ] Capital funding of almost £2 million was allocated in 2014–15 to set up the service, with almost £3 million a year expected from the following year to support ...
NHS Direct Wales / 111 Wales - a 24-hour telephone and internet health advice service provided by NHS Wales to enable people to obtain advice when use of the national emergency telephone number (999 or 112) does not seem to be appropriate but there is some degree of urgency.
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales. Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland was created separately and is often locally referred to as "the NHS". [ 2 ]
NHS Wales has not met targets for A&E. Figures for December show the worst A&E performance since March 2016 but attendance was 5.4% higher than in 2017. 78.9% of patients were admitted transferred or discharged after spending less than four hours in emergency care facilities, the target is 95%.
The National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It consolidates legislation relating to the National Health Service . Part 1
The minister is responsible for the running of the National Health Service in Wales, all aspects of public health and health protection in Wales, the Food Standards Agency in Wales, post-graduate medical education and any charges for NHS services. [2]