Wales news
Read key updates for psychiatrists working in Wales.
Fresh investment to increase Psychiatry training places in Wales
Record levels of more than £260m will be invested in training healthcare professionals in Wales in an effort to help the NHS respond to the pandemic and challenges in the future.
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Junior doctors continue to choose psychiatry in Wales
The number of junior doctors choosing to take up psychiatry in Wales, remains at an all-time high.
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The RCPsych Wales St David's Day | Gwyl Dewi Presentation 'illustrating the mind'
On St David's Day, the RCPsych Wales are delighted to present 'illustrating the mind', delivered by Cerys Knighton and Dr Rhys Bevan Jones.
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RCPsych Wales issues an interim Welsh language scheme
The Royal College of Psychiatrists Wales has issued an interim Welsh language scheme. This scheme will be reviewed and formally approved in March 2021.
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Professor Alka Ahuja awarded MBE for services to the NHS over the pandemic
Over the New Year, the New Year Honours list was released and we are delighted that Professor Alka Ahuja has been awarded an MBE for her services to the NHS during the pandemic.
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Ex-model and psychiatrist team up for Eating Disorder Awareness Week
A former model and psychiatrist teamed up to deliver a special assembly on body image and social media at a Newport school, this week.
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RCPsych Wales chair joins Royal College Chairs in Wales in writing open letter to the medical profession
RCPsych Chair, Dr Maria Atkins, has joined fellow Royal College Chairs in Wales in writing an open letter to the medical professions addressing the findings of the Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery.
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RCPsych Wales host second annual summer school
At the beginning of July 2023, RCPsych Wales hosted its second annual summer school. The two day event, delivered in partnership with TEC Cymru, saw year 11 students with an interest in healthcare travel to Cardiff from across Wales to learn more about careers in the field.
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Introducing the Nant Caredig wellbeing zone
This year, we are delighted to continue our partnership with the URDD and their National Eisteddfod, supporting the introduction of a new wellbeing zone on the Maes.
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The difference between good and bad anxiety (Mental Health Awareness Week)
Dr Isabella Jurewicz, Chair of the Eating Disorders Faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales writes for Mental Health Awareness Week.
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Urgent action needed now to tackle health inequalities in Wales
As Wales faces its worst cost of living crisis in over 40 years urgent action is needed now to tackle health inequalities, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said.
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Keys to the Future: A new poem by the Children’s Laureate Wales explores the effects of technology on children’s mental health
To note today World Mental Health Day today, October 10, 2022, it is a pleasure to share Keys to the Future, a new poem inspired by a series of poetry workshops on the effects of technology on children’s mental health.
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98% of people affected by eating disorders feel calories on menus will negatively impact them, new survey finds
98% of people affected by eating disorders feel that introducing calorie labelling on menus in Wales would have a negative or very negative impact, according to a new survey by Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity.
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Draft substance misuse treatment framework and Standards for mental health services for prisons
Welsh Government are seeking views on standards that aim to help ensure there is equivalence in place for people in prisons, in terms of access to substance misuse and mental health care, support and treatment.
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Frontline healthcare workers suffered from mental health difficulties in first few months of pandemic – unique study by Welsh student reveals
The study was compiled by a school pupil from North Wales and was supported by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales. It involved asking more than 600 healthcare workers from across the UK about their experiences as the Covid-19 crisis took hold.
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Our first sixth form summer school
RCPsych Wales recently held it's first summer school for sixth formers, this was in partnership with the Senedd and with TEC Cymru.
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