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Hywel Dda Health Board | Creating a person-centred healthcare system A new white paper from 1000 Lives Plus outlines some of the ways NHS Wales needs to adapt to become a healthcare system that is genuinely patient-centred. Person Driven Care captures the learning from The Esther Network in Sweden, which is often described as one of the best patient-centred healthcare services in the world. “The Esther Network has demonstrated that it is possible to devise systems and processes which align to provide patient-centred care,” says Dr Bernadette Fuge, Chair of Age Cymru, and one of the co-authors of the white paper.

A total of 14 Scouts from Carmarthenshire flew off to Sweden on July 25 to be a part of the World Scout Jamboree 2011 in Sweden. They will join 4,000 other Scouts from across the UK and 34,000 others from nearly every country in the world for two weeks of activities, fun and making new friends at one of the most international events on the planet. They will first be flying to Copenhagen to be part of a three day ‘Scout take over’ of Denmark’s capital where they will be seeing the sights and taking part in activities, before travelling to the Jamboree site in the South of Sweden. The World Scout Jamboree will include seven days of activities, with modules based around global development, quests, people and the environment. One of the key elements of the programme will be using the natural environment as a learning tool, demonstrating both its vulnerability and what individuals can do to better protect the world we live in. Ben Phillips, an Explorer Scout from the Carmarthen Explorer Sco...