THE NHS will pay for 200 orthopaedic patients to be treated at a private hospital to ease waiting list pressures at Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. Cardiff Local Health Board has signed a contract for spinal, foot and ankle patients to be treated at St Joseph's Hospital in Newport.

By Greg Tindle A&E doctors at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales are hitting targets to treat casualty patients within four hours for the first time.

By Greg Tindle A MAJOR plan to tackle A&E waiting times at the University Hospital of Wales has been unveiled, as latest figures showed patients there still face the longest waits in Wales.

A HOSPITAL radio station is preparing to broadcast right across South Wales in celebration of its 21st birthday. Rookwood Sound is normally only enjoyed by patients at Llandough Hospital in Penarth and Rookwood Hospital, in Llandaff, Cardiff.

WALES' accident and emergency units are still failing to treat patients quickly enough, with more than 1,000 patients every week waiting longer than the Government's four-hour target, figures show today.