Postpartum PTSD is a serious issue
Buffy Williams MS
In Wales alone over 9,000 women are suffering, sometimes in silence.
Mothers have kept their symptoms to themselves, so the condition has remained invisible.
Many mothers unfortunately, are sometimes wrongly diagnosed with postpartum depression, when in fact the trauma of a difficult birth or events directly concerning or complications after a birth can leave a mother suffering with postpartum PTSD.
This can include flashbacks of traumatic moments throughout labour that has a mother reliving the fear of the trauma, troubling dreams and nightmares, symptoms of anxiety and not wanting to discuss…
Mike Hedges AM
Whilst the following parts of England have chosen technology as the engine to drive their
economy, many in Wales see economic success coming from the support economy, tourism,
and agriculture.
Looking at successful areas in England:
The Oxford Science Park is a science and technology park located on the southern edge of the city of Oxford and is owned by Magdalen College, Oxford. The park maintains strong links with the University of Oxford and currently contains over 60 companies including Sharp Laboratories of Europe and trip advisor. …
Jack Sargeant MS
This week I will lead a debate in the Senedd on a “Fair deal for workers.” It is a title I chose and sums up what much of what my politics is about. I am a proud trade union member and joint chair of the Senedd Unite Group of MS’s.
I chose this topic because after a year of incredible sacrifices from working people, the settlement we have arrived at is not a fair one. Employers still too often adopt practices that have no place in 21st Century Wales. …
What should Labour do next?
Mike Hedges MS
That Labour in the elections this May 2021, especially in the north of England and Scotland, did not appeal to enough working people is self- evident from the election results although in Wales we had our joint best ever result.
I will address Scotland in a future article but in this, I will address issues that are necessary for Labour to regain support from not voting, voting for third parties, and voting Conservative because these are issues that affect or potentially affect their day to day lives of people.
Along with many…
Mike Hedges MS
We have unfortunately ended up with a debate over incineration or land fill for the disposal of non-recycled waste. Should we be seeking ways to fulfil the three Rs- Reduce, reuse, and recycle in that order to eliminate waste going to either landfill or incinerators.
According to Dr Ian Boyd chief scientific adviser to DEFRA who said “If there is one way to extinguish the value of materials fast is to stick it in an incinerator and burn it”. Incineration leads to toxic ash and carcinogens in the air.
In the 1960s and earlier refuse collectors were…
Mike Hedges MS
Housing is the third necessity of life after food and water but far too many people live in
substandard accommodation or are homeless or are concerned where they will move to
next. I also do not expect there to be large sums of money available, outside health, for
legislation so I am proposing some changes that will be cost neutral for the Welsh Government with possible savings which will also provide substantial benefits to people living in Wales.
No Fault Evictions
Mark Drakeford announced last year that the Welsh Government will be banning no-fault evictions in the…
Jack Sargeant MS for Alyn and Deeside
I represent Alyn and Deeside in the Senedd — for those who aren’t up to speed on devolution, that’s the body that was called the Welsh Assembly until recently. My constituency last year became the only seat in north Wales to elect a Labour MP. It is largely a manufacturing community that has living memory of what unmanaged economic change can do to an area. My town is Connah’s Quay and its moto is ‘success through industry’.
Coronavirus has affected us all, but I am deeply concerned about the economic impact of the…
Mike Hedges MS
Byddwn yn croesawu refferendwm annibyniaeth. Fel cam cyntaf mae angen i Plaid Cymru ac eraill sy’n cefnogi Annibyniaeth Cymru gynhyrchu cyllideb ar gyfer Cymru Annibynnol.
Pe bai Cymru yn wlad annibynnol hi fyddai’r 137fed wlad fwyaf, yn ôl poblogaeth, wedi’i gwasgaru o ran maint rhwng Mongolia ac Uruguay. Rydym hefyd yn gwybod bod Ychwanegiad Gwerth Gros y pen (mesur o werth nwyddau a gwasanaethau a gynhyrchir mewn economi) mewn llawer o wledydd eraill gan gynnwys rhai yn Ewrop yn is na Chymru.
Felly, pam ar ôl nodi nad yw Cymru yn rhy fach nac yn rhy dlawd…
Mike Hedges MS
I would welcome an independence referendum. As a first step Plaid Cymru and others who support Welsh Independence need to produce a budget for an Independent Wales .
If Wales was an independent country it would be the 137th largest country, by population, sandwiched in size between Mongolia and Uruguay. We also know that the Gross Value Added per capita (a measure of the value of goods and services produced in an economy) of many other countries including some in Europe is lower than that of Wales.
So, why having identified that Wales is neither too small…
Jenny Rathbone MS
Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz warns that the Coronavirus global pandemic must force countries to focus on shorter supply chains. He emphasises that self-sufficiency in food and energy would make countries less vulnerable to future attacks [1]. This warning comes on top of the uncertainties we already faced around Brexit — the threat of no deal with the EU at the end of this year looms over us — and the impending global climate crisis is ever present.
Wales already produces more energy than it consumes so we are in a strong position there. Self-sufficiency in food is a…
Welsh Fabians
The Fabian Society in Wales
