My thanks to Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Jewell, our guest blogger today for his piece on flu jabs. As Chief Medical Officer, I take my duties very seriously. I’m often advising people in Wales what they shouldn’t do – you shouldn’t smoke, you shouldn’t eat too much fat, too much sugar or drink too much [...]
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Have you booked your flu jab?
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Forensic Medicine in Wales
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011I thoroughly enjoyed the debate following our seminar last week on forensic medicine in Wales. It was particularly pleasing to note support from the Chief Medical Officer Tony Jewell for the broad aims of our vision. For some time we have been concerned with the disproportionate number of people entering the criminal justice system with [...]
The CMO is right
Friday, October 8th, 2010There are tough times ahead for Wales over the next few months and years, so it came as no surprise that the CMO recommended in his 4th annual report that services must be delivered more efficiently with less waste. To do this he suggests that we must improve the quality of patient care and cut [...]
Q&A with CMO Dr Tony Jewell
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Have a look at our new youtube clip – a Q&A session with CMO Dr Jewell and BMA members. Do you have any thoughts or comments on the answers given by the CMO? Share:
Q&A with Wales Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Jewell
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010BMA Cymru Wales will be filming a Q&A session with Dr Tony Jewell shortly, and we want to hear from YOU! What would you like to know about Dr. Jewell? Perhaps what his day to day activities entail, or what he thinks the biggest challenges facing the health service are? Whatever your question, we want [...]
Wales is right to opt out of swine flu helpline – for now
Monday, July 27th, 2009Looking at some of the media coverage over the weekend and the past week in fact, it only serves to reassure me that Wales is right so far, to opt out of the National Pandemic Flu Service, now operating in England. The Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Tony Jewell, attended a meeting of our [...]
Health care professionals prove their worth as Swine Flu takes hold
Friday, May 1st, 2009The current outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico is now spreading to many other countries including the UK. This is a concern for everyone, including here in Wales. However, we have to put this in perspective and rest assured that all necessary contingency plans, procedures and responses are in place to meet any escalation of [...]