News
Welsh Ambulance Service scoops double award

Presented with awards: Staff from the Welsh Ambulance Service and Cardiff and Vale UHB
THE WELSH AMBULANCE SERVICE ha s won two NHS Wales Awards in partnership with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
The first award, Working Seamlessly Across Organisations, came as a result of a successful collaboration with health, third sector and local authority agencies to reduce the demand on emergency services. The project also landed the Outstanding Contribution to Prudent Health Care Award, presented by Chief Medical Officer Dr Frank Atherton.
In an effort to improve prudent healthcare, the ongoing project focuses on frequent 999 callers and those who regularly attend unscheduled care services, including the Emergency Unit at University Hospital of Wales and the GP Out of Hours Service.
Data is then shared and collated on those who use the services involved more than five times in any given month, allowing the organisations to establish any unmet care that such patients may require. This could include increased care packages or community support via third sector and voluntary agencies.
Robin Petterson, the Welsh Ambulance Service’s Frequent Caller Lead, said: “It has been the culmination of three years of hard work and collaboration with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and other important agencies involved with this project in seeking patient-centred solutions.
“It’s is a wonderful achievement that this work has also been acknowledged for its outstanding contribution to prudent healthcare.
“This work not only sought patient-centred solutions, but we can now see real evidence in the data that suggests that more ambulance time is being made available through this collaborative work for our other service users.”
Frequent Attendees Case Load Manager at Cardiff and Vale UHB, Anna Sussex, said: “We are incredibly proud that this project has won an NHS Wales Award.
“It is a tribute to the enthusiasm and dedication of partners across health, third sector, local authority and other agencies that we have been able to reduce demand on emergency services whilst supporting extremely vulnerable patients.”
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport, Vaughan Gething, who attended the ceremony in Cardiff, said: “The winners and nominees have made changes to improve the services they provide – but I know that across the NHS, other organisations will be taking notice of what they have achieved and seeing how they too can make improvements.
“These awards allow us to celebrate fantastic care and dedicated NHS staff and their partners, making a real difference for citizens across Wales every day. I want to congratulate everyone who was nominated for their commitment to improving quality in our NHS.”
Organised by NHS Wales’ national improvement service, 1,000 Lives Improvement, the NHS Wales Awards were first established in 2008 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the NHS and, in doing so, promote good practice across Wales.
A total of 167 entries were received from various organisations, revealing the high standard of innovative and diverse work that is transforming patient care.
To read more about all of the winners, visit www.nhswalesawards. wales.nhs.uk.
Crime
Pembroke motorist fined after missing drug assessment
A 27-year-old man told magistrates the appointment had “completely gone out of my mind”
A PEMBROKE motorist has been fined after failing to attend an initial drug assessment following a positive test for a class A drug.
Bradley Bostock, 27, was told to attend the assessment centre in Haverfordwest on December 16, 2025, but failed to do so.
His non-attendance led to his appearance before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jun 23), where he pleaded guilty.
“In all honesty, it completely went out of my mind,” Bostock told the bench.
“I didn’t get out of the cell until three o’clock in the morning, and there was so much going on, I simply forgot. But I’m more than willing to go.”
Bostock, of Corston Cottages, Axton Hill, Pembroke, was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £32 surcharge.
Crime
Milford man threatened to smash parents’ windows, court hears
A MILFORD HAVEN man who repeatedly asked his parents for alcohol and money has admitted threatening to damage their home.
Christopher Sizer, 38, threatened to smash windows and kick in doors at his parents’ property in Shakespeare Avenue, Milford Haven, on March 3.
Haverfordwest magistrates heard there had been long-standing issues between Sizer and his parents.
“There have been long-standing issues between the defendant and his parents, and he’s constantly asking them for money,” said Crown Prosecutor Sian Vaughan.
“If they don’t give it, then he makes threats. But this is impacting them significantly. It just can’t go on.”
Ms Vaughan said Sizer had arrived at the property initially asking for alcohol.
“He had friends with him and then asked them for pizza, but this was a drain on their finances,” she said.
“It was at this point that he threatened to damage their property with a hammer that was readily available, and naturally they were concerned about that.”
The court was told Sizer’s mother had provided a victim impact statement, saying she and her husband could no longer cope with his behaviour.
“If we don’t give him what he wants, he threatens to kill himself, and if we have a night away he’ll phone me constantly, asking for money,” she said.
“My husband has had to get a night job to get extra money and we’ve also had to take out a loan. We can’t cope with his behaviour any more.”
Sizer, of Precelly Place, Milford Haven, pleaded guilty to making threats to damage or destroy property.
Magistrates requested a pre-sentence report from the probation service before sentencing and adjourned the case until July 14.
Sizer was released on conditional bail. He must not enter his parents’ property in Shakespeare Avenue, must not enter the Ty Hotel in Milford Haven, and must not contact his parents by any means, either directly or indirectly.
Crime
Argument outside Tenby hotel ends in conditional discharge
A MARRIED woman who threw her shoes and a flower pot at her husband during an argument outside a Tenby hotel has been given a conditional discharge.
Haverfordwest magistrates heard that Kerry Mayne, 35, had been out for a meal with family friends on May 9 and had drunk wine before meeting her husband, Ryan Mayne, outside the Tenby House Hotel.
Her solicitor, Aled Owen, said Mr Mayne had also been drinking after a night out in Saundersfoot.
Mr Owen told the court that Mr Mayne runs a security firm involved in training door staff and recognised two men working on the door at the premises.
“He recognised two men who were on duty at the pub as people he had trained,” said Mr Owen.
“This was when he grabbed the defendant from behind and told them to take her out because she was too drunk.
“Maybe this was his way of showing off to his past pupils who were at the door.”
Prosecutor Sian Vaughan said Mayne then “saw red”.
“She took offence at what he’d done and took her shoes off to throw them at her husband, but fortunately they did not make contact,” she said.
“She then reached up to a pot of flowers that had been placed on the windowsill and threw them at Ryan Mayne.”
Mayne, of Trem y Coleg, Carmarthen, pleaded guilty to assault by beating and causing £35 worth of criminal damage to a plant pot owned by the Tenby House Hotel.
After viewing CCTV footage of the incident, magistrates sentenced her to a 12-month conditional discharge.
She must also pay £85 prosecution costs and a £26 surcharge.
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