'For decades Kellogg’s factory has been a cornerstone of our city'

MS for Wrexham

Thousands more people across Wales will automatically receive at-home bowel screening tests to help save more lives.

Bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers, with nearly 2,400 people in Wales diagnosed every year. However, almost nine out of ten people survive bowel cancer when it is detected and treated earlier on.

Over the last three years, the age of bowel cancer screening has been lowered in Wales and since the beginning of this month, 50-year-olds registered with a GP in Wales have started to be offered self-screening for bowel cancer for the first time.

The screening kits will arrive in the post so people can complete the test in the comfort of their own home.

I am pleased the Welsh Government is widening access to bowel cancer screening. Treatment is more likely to be effective if cancer is detected at an early stage and offering the easy-to-use home test to more people will help identify more cases and help improve survival rates.

In the early stages of bowel cancer, people may feel well and have no symptoms so I urge everyone in Wrexham who receives the invitation to take up the offer as it could save your life.

Kellanova, formerly Kellogg Company, announced last week it plans to invest £75m in its cereal factory in Wrexham.

It is the company’s largest single investment in British cereal production in over 30 years and is clearly fantastic news for the area.

For decades, the Kellogg’s factory on the Wrexham Industrial Estate has been a cornerstone of our city and the wider region’s economy.

In my 17 years as the MS for Wrexham, Kellanova has always been a key employer and this substantial investment will not only safeguard the future of the site, it will also create more highly-skilled jobs and exciting opportunities for people in the community.

A new medical school, hailed as a "game-changer" for the Welsh NHS, has been opened by Wales' First Minister.

The North Wales Medical School, based at Bangor University, has seen its first direct intake of medical students starting this semester.

This year the school will take 80 students, all of which will train in North Wales, and numbers will increase steadily to reach 140 a year from 2029-30.

Recruiting skilled doctors is a major challenge across the UK but this school will enable more medical students to train, and hopefully settle, in the region.

If you’re a constituent and there is an issue I could help you with, please do not hesitate to contact me via email: lesley.griffiths@senedd.wales or call 01978 355743.