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Digital health risks leaving some communities behind, report warns

1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (355+ words) A new report from Public Health Wales and the World Health Organization's European office has warned that some communities could miss out on the benefits of digital healthcare unless inequalities are addressed from the outset. The review found that while…...

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nation. cymru > news > councils-to-use-ai-to-collate-information-they-collect-on-children

Councils to use AI to collate information they collect on children

23+ hour, 3+ min ago  (633+ words) Twm Owen Local Democracy Reporter Data and information on children will be collected as part of the first coordinated roll out of AI technology by four Welsh councils. A programme to collate data on individual children and to use that…...

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nation. cymru > news > young-people-in-wales-to-be-offered-men-b-vaccine-after-uk-outbreaks

Young people in Wales to be offered Men B vaccine after UK outbreaks

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (575+ words) Young people in Wales will be offered a meningococcal B (Men B) vaccine for the first time later this year following a series of outbreaks across the UK. The Welsh Government has announced a temporary vaccination programme aimed at protecting teenagers…...

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nation. cymru > news > welsh-government-unveils-plans-to-expand-childcare-and-tackle-child-poverty

Welsh Government unveils plans to expand childcare and tackle child poverty

4+ day, 22+ min ago  (496+ words) The Welsh Government has outlined a series of measures aimed at reducing child poverty and expanding childcare as part of its first 100 days in office. Deputy First Minister and Minister for Social Justice and Equality, Sioned Williams, in her first…...

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nation. cymru > news > welsh-children-receive-among-the-lowest-pocket-money-in-britain-figures-suggest

Welsh children receive among the lowest pocket money in Britain, figures suggest

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (464+ words) Children in Wales are receiving some of the lowest levels of pocket money in Britain, according to new figures showing youngsters are getting less than "9 a week on average. Data from children's money app Go Henry found Welsh children aged…...

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More than 40% of girls in Wales asked for nude photos online, survey finds

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (522+ words) More than four in 10 girls in Wales have been asked to send nude images online, according to new research which has prompted calls for action to tackle what a children's charity describes as "constant and corrosive" misogyny. The findings, published…...

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nation. cymru > news > council-responds-after-report-finds-children-needing-alternative-education-were-missed

Council responds after report finds children needing alternative education were missed

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (489+ words) Elgan Hearn, Local Democracy Reporter Work to better identify and help children being educated outside school has been developed by education chiefs in response to a scathing Estyn report published last year. At a meeting of Powys County Council's Learning…...

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nation. cymru > news > changes-to-student-loan-conditions-made-in-almost-sneaky-way-mps-told

Changes to student loan conditions "made in almost sneaky way, MPs told

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (536+ words) Ellie Ng, Press Association Successive governments made changes to the terms and conditions of some student loans in an "almost sneaky way, MPs have been told. Sir Philip Augar, chairman of the Augar review into higher education funding, also said…...

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nation. cymru > news > new-study-reveals-young-adults-are-wales-biggest-consumers-of-takeaways

New study reveals young adults are Wales" biggest consumers of takeaways

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (518+ words) Young adults eat takeaways, ready meals and at caf's and restaurants more than any other age group, according to a new study. A Time to Talk Public Health survey by Public Health Wales found 26 per cent of young adults (aged…...

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Plan aims to tackle obesity with more local food in schools and hospitals

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (515+ words) Richard Youle, Local Democracy Reporter Health chiefs and council leaders are backing plans to tackle poor diets and rising obesity rates by reshaping how food is grown, bought and served across a Welsh county. In Carmarthenshire, proposals include sourcing 30% of…...