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« Reply #630 on: June 21, 2013, 12:43:25 pm »
 $booboo$ or did he not know that there was an easier way of crossing the Conwy Over the bridge  :-[

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« Reply #631 on: June 27, 2013, 10:01:24 am »
The chairman and the chief executive of Wales' largest health board are to step down following a damning report.

An investigation found "significant management failings" at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) that potentially risked patient safety.

Operations had also been delayed and waiting lists allowed to grow to avoid financial problems getting worse.

The board runs NHS services in north Wales with a budget of around £1.2bn.

The relationship between chairman Prof Merfyn Jones and chief executive Mary Burrows had broken down and compromised the organisation, the report found.

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Wales Audit Office (WAO) found a series of problems at the health board, which runs Ysbyty Gwynedd, Glan Clwyd and Wrexham Maelor hospitals.

Health Minister Mark Drakeford said he had accepted Prof Jones' resignation.

He said Ms Burrows had also told him she intends to leave and the health board is working through the detail of her departure.

Mr Drakeford has asked senior NHS officials to swiftly appoint a successor to Ms Burrows to "enable the health board to begin a fresh chapter".

Set up in 2009, BCUHB runs all aspects of the NHS in the six counties of north Wales, from family doctors and dentists to hospitals.

The report noted serious issues with its management, particularly among the 22 people who make up the board itself.

Investigators found senior managers were not taking control of major issues like outbreaks of infections like C Difficile on wards.

There was a "gap between the ward and the board," as shown by the way management handled an outbreak of the C difficile infection at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd near Rhyl in May 2013.

The report found the health board is in "an extremely difficult position" because Prof Jones and Ms Burrows were not able to work together.

Prof Jones told BBC Wales that while he regretted not being able to deal with the deep-seated problems sooner, he insisted patient safety had always been a top priority.

He said: "Leadership at the top of an organisation is critical and getting people to work together is essential.

"The issues are very deep-seated, as the report makes clear, and they are structural. I don't believe that they are to do with personal relationships.

Aled Roberts, Liberal Democrat AM for North Wales, said the report was "shocking".

"It's the worst I've probably read in the 25 years I've worked in the public sector," he added.

"It's quite clear that the report states that the board is incapable of making decisions with regard to the finances of the health board.

"Certainly during the latter part of the financial year in the early spring, operations were being cancelled just to meet financial targets and that cannot be a proper way to run a health service."

Mr Drakeford welcomed the report, adding: "It is clear the board has been through a difficult period.

"However, many fundamental challenges still remain within the organisation."

He said the new chair's first task would be "a root and branch reform of the board structure, to address the cultural and behavioural issues that have affected the organisation's ability to perform effectively".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23073768


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« Reply #632 on: June 30, 2013, 05:44:41 pm »
FIVE IN SPEEDBOAT BROUGHT TO SAFETY OFF NORTH WALES

An RNLI lifeboat and a windfarm support vessel were scrambled to a speedboat which broke down this afternoon in gusty conditions some way off the North Wales coast.

The skipper of the Bayliner 'Temper Tantrum' had made a Mayday call to Coastguards after his craft, with 5 people on board, including women and children had broken down off Llanddulas.

As a result, Llandudno's RNLI inshore lifeboat was called out at 1340 hrs to be taken by road for immediate launching at Colwyn Bay, whilst the 18-metre, 25 kt windfarm support catamaran 'Captain P', which was already at sea nearby sped to the scene. Arriving first, the 'Captain P' took the casualty in tow before the lifeboat arrived alongside a few minutes later to take over.

The RNLI crew took the broken down craft slowly through the choppy sea conditions to Colwyn Bay where it was safely brought ashore, its occupants unharmed.

Crew on board. Luke Heritage, James Salty Salt and Simon Hajahmad

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« Reply #633 on: July 01, 2013, 12:38:29 pm »
Reports of a serious road accident in the Bryn Lupus Road area of Llanrhos.

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« Reply #634 on: July 10, 2013, 04:25:10 pm »
Girl airlifted to hospital after falling out of land train on Gloddaeth Av. this afternoon.

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« Reply #635 on: July 10, 2013, 05:20:49 pm »
Girl airlifted to hospital after falling out of land train on Gloddaeth Av. this afternoon.
Oh dear, that's bad.  :(  I did hear the sirens mid-afternoon.

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« Reply #636 on: July 10, 2013, 05:34:23 pm »
Large gorse fire reported on the Vardre at Deganwy.

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« Reply #637 on: July 10, 2013, 05:34:50 pm »
Girl airlifted to hospital after falling out of land train on Gloddaeth Av. this afternoon.
Oh dear, that's bad.  :(  I did hear the sirens mid-afternoon.
ODDLER INJURED: A toddler was airlifted to hospital after falling off a land train in Llandudno. A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 3.08pm to reports that a child had fallen off a moving train near the Gloddaeth Avenue area of Llandudno. We sent a Rapid Response Vehicle and an Emergency Ambulance to the scene, and a female toddler with leg injuries was taken by Helimed to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.”"

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« Reply #638 on: July 12, 2013, 12:09:13 pm »
Girl airlifted to hospital after falling out of land train on Gloddaeth Av. this afternoon.
Oh dear, that's bad.  :(  I did hear the sirens mid-afternoon.
ODDLER INJURED: A toddler was airlifted to hospital after falling off a land train in Llandudno. A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 3.08pm to reports that a child had fallen off a moving train near the Gloddaeth Avenue area of Llandudno. We sent a Rapid Response Vehicle and an Emergency Ambulance to the scene, and a female toddler with leg injuries was taken by Helimed to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.”"

I haven't heard anything about the little child but I hope that she will be ok. I spoke to a Policeman last night and he knew that she had leg injuries but didn't know about her condition now.   

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« Reply #639 on: July 17, 2013, 09:41:04 am »
Something happened outside/inside North shop in Vaughan St near the doctors. Area outside the shop cordoned off with police tape. Pavement outside the shop has a polythene sheet down, shop door open. PC standing outside.

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« Reply #640 on: July 17, 2013, 09:55:46 am »
Something happened outside/inside North shop in Vaughan St near the doctors. Area outside the shop cordoned off with police tape. Pavement outside the shop has a polythene sheet down, shop door open. PC standing outside.
Police confirm there has been an incident this morning, no details as yet.

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« Reply #641 on: July 17, 2013, 10:24:57 am »
Daily Post is reporting that a man has jumped or fallen from an upstairs window, sadly.

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« Reply #642 on: July 17, 2013, 10:48:04 am »
Wondered what the police van was for when I passed earlier.
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to know.

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Mad, Bad and Dangerous to know.

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« Reply #644 on: July 27, 2013, 01:13:31 pm »
A55 at Old Colwyn currently closed In Chester direction due to crash - long delays.