A artists s impression of how the main entrance to the new Ablett unit will look Picture: Powell Dobson Architects (within planning docs - clear for use by all partners) Mental health patients in a building labelled “unfit for purpose” by a health watchdog will be safe despite outline planning permission being denied for its “flagship” replacement. A £64m replacement for Ysbyty Glan Clwyd’s Ablett mental health unit in Bodelwyddan would have contained 64 beds and taken inpatients from Colwyn Bay’s Bryn Hesketh unit. Despite Betsi Cadwaladr launching a full public consultation on the plans it misjudged the strength of feeling among residents of nearby Ffordd Parc y Castell, who complained proposals for the two and three storey building would affect their privacy and visual amenity.
MORE than 30,000 people in North Wales have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Teresa Owen, executive director of Public Health, said on January 19, that in the past week BCUHB had administered the highest number of vaccinations of any Welsh Health Board, which equated to 22 per cent of the cumulative number of first dose vaccines administered in Wales. This compares to 11 per cent of the Welsh total two weeks ago. Ms Owen said: We started this week having vaccinated over 30,000 people since the beginning of the programme. We are confident that we have the capacity and the operational plan in place to meet the first target. This requires more than 184,000 vaccines to be administered before February 14. The only limiting factor will be the access to vaccine supplies.
Former National Poet will never forgive Welsh Government if husband fails to get vaccine in time
Gwyneth Lewis Facebook blast quoted in Senedd debate as fall-out from Covid-19 jab delay row continues
05:00, 20 JAN 2021
Gwyneth Lewis wrote the words that appear above the Millennium Centre, seen here lit in blue in tribute to the NHS. She wrote Creu gwir fel gwydr o ffwrnais awen ( In these stones horizons sing ) to reflect the centre s cultural ambitions (Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later.