12/08/2016 BBC Wales Today

Good evening.

Patients paying for their own treatment at private clinics

and hospitals could soon have their complaints resolved

by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, if a draft bill to extend

his powers is taken forward.

It follows the case of a widow from Llanelli, whose complaint

about her husband's care, at a private hospital

took five years to resolve.

Here's Geraint Thomas.

This is just a fraction of the paperwork accumulated by Ruth Lewis

over her five and a half year ordeal.

Her husband, Peter, who was 83, died a few weeks after being

discharged from a private hospital in Cardiff where he had undergone

knee replacement surgery.

Ruth was concerned about some of the care he

had received so she made a complaint through the private and independent

sector's complaint process in 2011.

Final resolution only came last month when an adjudicator

upheld most of her complaints.

The length of time it took meant myself and my

family, we weren't able to begin to come to terms

with what had happened to Peter.

because It was all consuming.

In a statement Spire Hospital say providing high quality

patient care is their priority.

They acknowledge it has been a difficult five and half

years for Mrs Lewis, her family and for the

medical staff involved.

They say they will be writing to Mrs Lewis to outline how

they will be addressing the recommendations highlighted in the

report.

The Public Services Ombudsman couldn't get involved as

the care wasn't commissioned or funded by the NHS.

He hopes a draft bill which would extend his powers

will soon be taken forward by an Assembly committee

allowing him to intervene in similar cases.

Ruth Lewis's case is one that I have used

since the very beginning of us advocating the need for new powers

to make sure we can follow the journey of the patient,

the citizen rather than the bureaucratic silo,

be it public or private.

Ruth Lewis says she can finally move on with hopes

of leaving a lasting legacy for others in her position.

North Wales Police say a body has been washed ashore near Barmouth,

where two teenagers went missing.

Waseem Al-Muflehi and Yahya Mohamed, both from Birmingham,

got into difficulties in the sea on Sunday.

The search for them was called off earlier this week.

The body has not been identified, but the families have been informed.

A 21-one-year-old man has been jailed for ten months

after causing the death of three friends by careless driving.

John Spencer Graham's car hit a telegraph pole

in Merthyr Tydfil last October.

He's also been disqualified from driving for three years.

The supermarket Lidl says it'll appeal a court decision

which allows its workers to be represented by a union.

The GMB, which took the case on behalf of a group of more

than 200 warehouse workers in Bridgend,

say the company is attempting to subvert workers rights.

Britain's exit from the European Union could hamper the fight

against child poverty here.

That's according to the Children's Commissioner for Wales.

Professor Sally Holland fears children living in Wales' most

deprived areas will "lose out" if EU money isn't replaced.

Jordan Davies reports.

There's one thing uniting these budding Calzhage's

at the Principality Stadium, apart from a mean right-hook.

They're all from what are considered to be deprived areas.

Like a third of children in Wales, some of these will be living

in poverty, going without food, heat and basic essentials.

It's days like this that allow some children to escape that reality.

18-year-old Jordan from Somerton in Newport,

while not living in poverty, has been coming to events

like this for years.

He now volunteers and sees similarities between himself

and those he now helps.

They don't have much.

It is not the richest area so we can't go out to

places like this.

Families could not afford to take two or three kids

to Cardiff to watch something.

They do what they can with a ball.

A child here would be living in poverty if their family earned

60% or less of the median, or middle, income.

For years, the child poverty rate here remained stubbornly at around

a third of all children.

But it dropped last year from 31% to 29%.

A marginal but welcome change.

Now, the person who represents children's rights here says

Britain's exit from the EU could jeopardize that.

My fear about post-Brexit is that the poorest

areas will lose out on those European Union structural

funding and it wouldn't be replaced.

We have to make sure the Welsh Government is assertive

in its negotiations with the UK Government

to make sure Welsh communities don't lose out.

During the referendum campaign there were promises EU money

would be "maintained" if we voted to leave.

The Welsh Government says it's seeking a cast iron guarantee

from Westminster that Wales won't lose a penny.

The UK Government says it's tackling the root causes of poverty

and there are more people in work than ever before.

At the Rio Olympics, in cycling Owain Doull is guaranteed

at least a silver medal tonight after setting part of a new

world record in their semifinal for the Team Pursuit.

The team take to the track to race Australia for gold

in around half an hour.

In the pool tonight, Chloe Tutton and Georgia Davies have

both qualified for Saturday's women's 4x100 metre

medley relay final.

They finished fifth in their heat.

Later, Jazz Carlin swims in the 800 meres freestyle final.

Time for a check on the weekend weather forecast now

with Sue Charles.

Good evening.

Warming up over the next few days.

Tomorrow might start dull but it will brighten up, brighter on

Sunday and quite hot to start next week.

A cold front will spread south eastwards tonight bringing thicker

cloud, some rain and drizzle before clearing tomorrow.

Overnight, mist, low cloud and patchy rain.

Not great visibility for the meteor shower.

Very mild at 14-16 Celsius.

Tomorrow stars dull and damp in the south, cloudy but improving

through the morning.

Across the UK the remnants of that front brings

thicker cloud, patchy drizzle further south for a time.

Generally turning drier and brighter from the north.

Some sunshine although the far north and west of Scotland keeps

a few showers pushed in on brisk westerly winds.

Coolest here at 15 Celsius.

Already into the warmer across south-east England at 24.

And for Wales, drier and brighter later and feeling warm in the

afternoon sunshine.

Highs of 17 Celsius in Gwynedd, 22 in Monmouthshire.

Once that front has cleared, dry and clear overnight into Sunday

and then high pressure builds from the south turning warmer

and more settled.

On Sunday, mostly dry, variable cloud, brighter with

long sunny spells developing and feeling warm with light winds.

Temperatures in the high teens, low 20s.

Turning warmer into next week.

Temperatures increasing day on day.

Probably peaking in the mid to high 20s on Tuesday.

That's Wales Today.

From everyone on the late team, goodnight.