Welsh Government and NHS Wales announcements
Announcements and statements
There has been of news and guidance around the use of Dexamethasone in COVID-19 treatments, rehabilitation needs, how people can get their medicines and how pharmacists can support those who are shielding, the delivery of cancer services and the ongoing work to promote safe visits of people in care homes.
- Written Statement: Dexamethasone in COVID-19 (Health Minister) (17 June)
- Written Statement: Our Future Wales: post-COVID-19 reconstruction (Counsel General) (17 June)
- Written Statement: Coronavirus (Covid-19) (First Minister) (17 June)
- Getting medicines during the coronavirus pandemic (Guidance) (17 June) How to help your pharmacy during the COVID-19 outbreak
- Rehabilitation needs of people affected by the impact of COVID-19: guidance (Guidance) (17 June) Guidance on the rehabilitation needs of people affected by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic
- Delivery of medicines during COVID-19: information for pharmacists (Guidance) (17 June) Guidance on delivering medicines to people who are shielding or vulnerable and socially isolated
- Guidance to local authorities on funerals: COVID-19 (Guidance) (17 June – update)
- Creating safer public places: coronavirus (Guidance) (17 June) Guidance for owners and operators of public places to keep people safe when restrictions are relaxed and urban spaces become busier
- Contact tracing: if you are a confirmed contact (Guidance) (17 June – update) Explains how the contact tracing system works if you are a confirmed contact of someone who has tested positive for coronavirus
- Contact tracing: your questions (Guidance) (17 June – update) Explains how contact tracing is being used to control the spread of coronavirus
- Essential cancer services and support campaign urges patients: Don’t wait, don’t leave it too late (Press release) (17 June) Cancer services are still available during the Covid pandemic and people with possible symptoms of cancer are urged not to put off seeking help and advice, the Health Minister said today (Wednesday 17 June)
- Written Statement: Ensuring safe visits to care homes(Health Minister) (16 June)
- Regional coronavirus testing facilities (Guidance) (16 June – update) Wales’ testing capacity is supported by an extensive network of facilities across the country
- Technical Advisory Cell: Impact of European measures to ease lockdown restrictions on R values summary briefing (Policy) (16 June)
- Visits to care homes and coronavirus: guidance for service providers (Guidance) (16 June) How care homes can accommodate safe outdoor visits from family and friends
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) Regulations 2020 (Legislation) (16 June) These regulations require operators of international passenger services to provide passengers with public health information relating to coronavirus
- Care homes benefiting from digital devices rollout (Press release) (16 June) Care homes across Wales are benefiting from digital devices being delivered to them as part of a Welsh Government scheme to help residents keep in touch with friends and family, and to assist with video medical consultations
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (Legislation) (15 June) The regulations place a requirement on certain categories of people arriving in Wales from outside the common travel area to provide information about where they will reside in Wales and to isolate for a period of 14 days
- Toolkit for critical worker employers (Promotional material) (15 June) A toolkit and assets for critical worker employers to communicate the Test, Trace, Protect strategy
- Providing Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGP) on non-COVID-19 dental patients: guidance (Guidance) (15 June) Standard operating procedures for dental practices on providing AGP on non-COVID-19 patients
- Shielded Patient List in Wales during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: as at 15 June 2020 (Statistics) (17 June)
- Test, Trace, Protect: contact tracing for coronavirus (COVID-19): 16 June 2020 (Statistics) (16 June)
- Testing data for coronavirus (COVID-19): 16 June 2020 (Statistics) (16 June)
- Notifications of deaths of residents related to COVID-19 in adult care homes: 1 March to 12 June 2020 (Statistics) (16 June)
- Summary data about coronavirus (COVID-19) and the response to it: 15 June 2020 (Statistics) (15 June)
- Attendance at local authority settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 8 to 12 June 2020 (Statistics) (15 June)
- Survey of public views on the coronavirus (COVID-19): 5 to 8 June 2020 (Statistics) (15 June)
