The Welsh Assembly is to hold a series of debates on whether or not Wales should introduce presumed consent to increase the number of organ donors.
Health minister Edwina Hart said once there was a clear understanding of public opinion on the issue, the assembly would consider the need for changes to legislation.
The government has hit back at claims that there is not enough incineration capacity to burn waste from NHS hospitals - accusing the company at the centre of a stockpiling scandal of refusing to pay disposal costs.
Labour has called on the government to explain why it “apparently contradicted” NHS and Environment Agency officials’ concerns over the capacity of incinerators to burn clinical waste.
Investigators for the General Medical Council are to be given “human factors” training amid changes to the regulator’s investigative processes.
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