Felicity Waters is a media and public relations consultant. She is a former Western Mail health correspondent and BBC Wales investigative journalist. She has also written for the Times Educational Supplement and was named Weekly Newspaper Journalist of the Year for her campaigning journalism on the Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer. As a PR consultant she has devised a series of successful media campaigns for clients in Wales and across the UK, including one on behalf of children in care and the highly acclaimed People Like Us campaign for the Kidney Wales Foundation. www.felicitywatersmedia.co.uk

Voice of the People

Local newspapers are facing a serious threat to their future, yet they have proven time and again to be the voice of local democracy. Former newspaper journalist Felicity Waters says it’s time to value the role they play and invest in their future

Support them to achieve – not just to survive

The statistics that put children in care at the bottom of every league table rating achievement shouldn’t be news to anyone. Yet these children continue to underperform because of appalling stigma and a lack of leadership. The next Assembly Government has no more excuses for failing them

The worst case scenario? Death, I’m afraid

This week it was revealed that UK stillbirth rates are among the highest of the world’s richest nations, but as this personal story shows, there is still too little known about a serious condition that can cause it

The new green giant?

After Health Minister Edwina Hart announced a major review to assess the carbon footprint of the NHS in Wales, it is working hard to put sustainable development at the heart of its decision-making but there is still a long way to go

The hallmark of a civilised society

As the Assembly considers its final stages of new mental health legislation brought by Jonathan Morgan AM, the evidence is mounting for radical reform in the way we care for some of society’s most vulnerable people

Open Hart surgery

It is just six years since the last NHS reorganisation in Wales, but tomorrow it will undergo yet another overhaul. Edwina Hart’s demolition of Labour’s previous administrative structure is being hailed as the answer to the NHS’s practical problems. Felicity Waters, WalesHome.org’s latest writer, has interviewed Ms Hart, and here she reflects on the major changes underway