NURSES have warned of a TB threat if patients treated in a specialist clinic are transferred to already overcrowded general hospitals.

HEALTH board staff cuts will leave some families reliant on respite care without any home help later this month.

HEALTH unions have expressed alarm over plans by a health board to cut 155 jobs in key services, including nursing, social work and therapy.

NURSING unions are forecasting further hospital bed closures as health boards struggle to stay within budget in the face of soaring overtime bills.