Chris Haines

19 hours ago | cambrian-news.co.uk | Chris Haines

Campaigners warned it will be “impossible” to hold the Welsh Government to account on progress against its disabled people’s rights plan due to a lack of concrete targets. Also in the newsMark Isherwood, who chairs the Senedd’s cross-party group on disability, raised concerns that many of the long-term objectives in the draft 10-year plan lack firm commitments.

21 hours ago | wrexham.com | Chris Haines

Campaigners warned it will be “impossible” to hold the Welsh Government to account on progress against its disabled people’s rights plan due to a lack of concrete targets. Mark Isherwood, who chairs the Senedd’s cross-party group on disability, raised concerns that many of the long-term objectives in the draft 10-year plan lack firm commitments.

1 day ago | southwalesargus.co.uk | Chris Haines

Gareth Davies led a Conservative debate calling for a public inquiry, with Sunday marking the unwelcome milestone of a decade in special measures for the north Wales health board. Mr Davies, who worked for the NHS before his election in 2021, warned the health board remains mired in systemic failure, “with no clear timeline for recovery”. He said: “A decade on, the Welsh Government has acknowledged that Betsi could languish in this state indefinitely.

1 day ago | southwalesargus.co.uk | Chris Haines

Hayden Llewellyn, the Education Workforce Council (EWC) chief executive, gave evidence to the Senedd education committee’s inquiry on recruitment and retention on June 5 Mr Llewellyn identified a clear pattern in initial teacher education, with recruitment problems centred on secondaries and “no problem” in primary schools. The head of the workforce regulator said the Welsh Government aims for about 600 primary teachers to be trained each year, with that number overdelivered in August 2024.

1 day ago | deeside.com | Chris Haines

Wales is only training around a third of the necessary secondary school teachers, with nowhere near enough recruits and no improvement in sight, an education chief warned. Hayden Llewellyn, the Education Workforce Council (EWC) chief executive, gave evidence to the Senedd education committee’s inquiry on recruitment and retention on June 5. Mr Llewellyn identified a clear pattern in initial teacher education, with recruitment problems centred on secondaries and “no problem” in primary schools.