http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Peter Black AM and South Wales West Liberal Democrats en-GB Peter Black AM and South Wales West Liberal Democrats http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Peter Black AM and South Wales West Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T17:29+00:00 United Kingdom http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000802/comment_on_news_that_alan_murray_is_leaving_as_chief_executive_of_welsh_ambulance_trust.html Commenting on the news that Alan Murray will be leaving his post as Chief Executive of the Welsh Ambulance Trust on 31st March, the Welsh Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Peter Black said; 2010-03-10T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000801/assembly_member_calls_for_assurances_on_services_as_abmu_health_board_looks_for_cuts.html The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, Peter Black has called on the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board to spell out what front-line health services are under threat after it was revealed that they need to claw back a £6 million overspend within a matter of months. 2010-03-10T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000800/government_needs_to_widen_support_for_mental_health_sufferers.html Commenting on the announcement by the Health Minister to extend the pilot project to support armed services personnel experiencing mental health problems, Peter Black, Shadow Welsh Lib Dem Health Minister said: 2010-03-08T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000799/welsh_liberal_democrats_call_for_hospitals_in_wales_to_provide_fracture_liaison_services_for_patients.html The Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Minister, Peter Black, has written to Edwina Hart, Minister for Health and Social Services, asking her to support National Osteoporosis Society's campaign to establish universal access to Fracture Liaison Services in Wales. 2010-03-04T13:58+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000798/minister_must_take_action_on_worsening_ambulance_response_times.html Commenting on the release of new statistics that show that only 58.5% of emergency ambulance calls were responded to within the eight minute target, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Minister Peter Black said: 2010-03-03T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000797/welsh_liberal_democrats_accuse_government_of_spinning_their_own_target.html The Welsh Liberal Democrats will use a National Assembly debate this week to call on the government to clear up uncertainty over what their housing target means. 2010-03-02T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000796/assembly_member_cancels_advice_surgeries_in_port_talbot_and_porthcawl.html The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, Peter Black, has been forced to cancel his two advice surgeries next week due to a family bereavement. 2010-02-27T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000795/health_service_wastage_needs_to_be_tackled_to_help_eliminate_debt.html Commenting on research by the BBC which has found that the new NHS Boards in Wales are expected to go £43 million over budget, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Minister Peter Black said: 2010-02-25T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000794/tories_vote_against_giving_assembly_powers_to_lower_council_tax_for_service_personnel.html The decision by the Conservatives to oppose drawing down more powers on sustainable housing will also prevent the Welsh Government from introducing legislation to give serving members of the armed forces a 50% reduction in their Council Tax as currently happens in England, the Welsh Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson, Peter Black, has said. 2010-02-24T17:18+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000793/affordable_housing_target_may_now_be_unreachable.html Figures obtained by the Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Housing Minister, Peter Black have confirmed that the Welsh Government have only managed to add 2,335 affordable properties towards their housing target, not the 4,235 the Government claim. 2010-02-23T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000792/2600_people_wait_more_than_eight_hours_in_ae.html Statistics released by the Welsh Assembly Government today show that one in twenty patients attending major accident and emergency departments in Wales had to wait longer than eight hours for treatment, and 17% had to wait longer than four hours during January of this year. 2010-02-18T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000791/over_45_of_alcoholrelated_hospital_admissions_are_repeat_admissions.html The Welsh Liberal Democrats have said that the Government can do more to help Doctors and Nurses tackle repeat alcohol-related hospital admissions, which currently represent 45% of such admissions. 2010-02-15T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000790/welsh_liberal_democrats_call_for_empty_home_renovation_grants.html Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Housing, Peter Black, has called on the Welsh Assembly Government to follow the example set by the English Government and to support Liberal Democrat policies of providing grants to owners of empty properties so as to bring them back into use. 2010-02-12T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000789/new_search_and_rescue_contract_must_guarantee_improvement_in_services.html Commenting on the Government's announcement of a major shake-up of the UK's search and rescue helicopter service, the Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, Peter Black said: 2010-02-11T00:00+00:00 http://southwaleslibdems.org.uk/news/000788/local_am_backs_campaign_to_end_fuel_poverty_in_wales.html South Wales West Assembly Member, Peter Black has added his support to a new campaign to eradicate fuel poverty in Wales. 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