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Owain Clarke

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Health Correspondent, BBC Wales at BBC

These are my personal views. Fy safbwyntiau personol i yw'r rhain.

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  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Owain Clarke

    Ffynhonnell y llun, Getty ImagesGohebydd iechyd BBC CymruBydd ystadegau perfformiad diweddara'r gwasanaeth iechyd yn dangos os yw addewid allweddol gan y Prif Weinidog wedi cael ei wireddu ai peidio. Dywedodd Eluned Morgan ddiwedd 2024 mai'r nod oedd gostwng y niferoedd oedd wedi aros dwy flynedd neu ragor am driniaethau - o dros 24,000 i "oddeutu 8,000" erbyn y gwanwyn. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys cleifion sydd wedi aros cyfnodau hir am bethau fel llawdriniaeth ar eu cymalau neu eu llygaid.

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Owain Clarke

    Image source, Sarah ThyerHealth correspondent, BBC Wales newsNew NHS figures are set to reveal whether a key promise by the first minister to cut waiting times has been hit. In February, this figure stood at 15,500 - NHS England had just 147 patients waiting this long - and March's figures will be published on Wednesday.

  • 3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Owain Clarke

    Ffynhonnell y llun, Getty ImagesGohebydd Iechyd BBC CymruMae adroddiad newydd gan y corff sy'n cynrychioli cleifion yng Nghymru wedi amlinellu "pryderon mawr" am brofiadau "gofidus" nifer o fenywod o ofal mamolaeth ym mwrdd iechyd Bae Abertawe. Clywodd y corff Llais gan dros 500 o unigolion am eu profiadau o wasanaethau ar gyfer mamau a babanod newydd-anedig yn Ysbyty Singleton, Abertawe.

  • 3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Owain Clarke

    Image caption, Rob and Sian Channon say "catastrophic" hospital failings have left their son Gethin with lifelong disabilities Health correspondent, BBC Wales NewsParents of a boy left with lifelong disabilities due to hospital failings during his birth say no lessons have been learnt. Sian and Rob Channon's son Gethin was born at Swansea's Singleton hospital in 2019 and say his life was "destroyed before he took his own breath" after being left with a serious brain injury.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Owain Clarke

    Ffynhonnell y llun, Getty ImagesGohebydd Iechyd BBC CymruMae Bwrdd Iechyd Caerdydd a'r Fro wedi ymddiheuro ar ôl i adolygiad ganfod cyfres o ffaeleddau difrifol yng ngwasanaethau theatrau llawdriniaethau ysbyty mwyaf Cymru. Fe glywodd yr adolygiad am gyfres o ffaeleddau yn ymwneud ag arweinyddiaeth, diwylliant, ymddygiad, a methiant i gadw at bolisïau a threfniadau diogelwch. Roedd yn ymwneud ag Ysbyty Athrofaol Cymru yng Nghaerdydd.

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Owain Clarke
Owain Clarke @clarkeyow
28 Mar 25

RT @WalesPolitics: ⚡️NEW WALESCAST OUT NOW⚡️ Covid Five Years On... @felicityxevans + @clarkeyow Are joined by @HelenhowsonBC @drsimon…

Owain Clarke
Owain Clarke @clarkeyow
1 Jan 25

RT @BBCWalesNews: I thought I'd die by 30, now I'm rowing the Atlantic https://t.co/NEenSRnZIE

Owain Clarke
Owain Clarke @clarkeyow
31 Oct 24

#Trump still using #lesmiserables music at rally. Know been done before and upset mackintosh etc. The politics of it fascinates me is he Valjean or Javert? Get the revolution appeal. But not the go to the barricades in defence of France (a NATO ally) angle!