NHS cancer, stroke and cardiac treatment networks have cut staffing by up to a fifth in the last three years, according to the Labour Party.
There has been a "strong desire" among respondents to the draft Care and Support Bill to emphasise the need for advice on long-term care.
Rural community wellbeing has become a focus for Welsh universities and local NHS health board.
Pre-Christmas is a good time to look ahead at what might be on the horizon for next year's PMI sector, Richard Walsh investigates.
Patients with the most chronic care needs are to be offered the chance to take charge of their own support through personal health budgets, care and support minister Norman Lamb has announced.
NICE has published public health guidance to tackle rising obesity.
The NHS has launched a tool to enable staff to implement and improve innovation as set out by chief executive David Nicholson.
Too many patients are being let down by the NHS through poor care because of the difficulty changing the "culture" of the NHS, the Patients Association has said.
Almost 20% of some NHS-funded operations are now carried out by the private sector, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
NHS staff wellbeing has a direct impact on patients' experience of healthcare, a study by the National Nursing Research Unit suggests.