Health News

Assessment and treatment services for people with wet-AMD, which can cause swift sight loss, will be moved out of hospitals closer to people’s homes...

Plaid Cymru’s plans for improving cancer services will cut waiting times, speed up diagnosis and ensure that patients can access the drugs and treatments...

Welsh adults are the least aware in Britain that physical inactivity (44% aware), drinking alcohol (52% aware), eating a poor diet (59% aware) and...

The UK Chief Medical Officers have issued revised UK guidelines for alcohol consumption today. The new guidelines follow a detailed review of previous advice published...

A £1.4m investment to re-develop emergency care services at Llanelli’s Prince Philip Hospital has been approved by the Welsh Government, Health and Social Services...

A £5.8m investment to expand the renal dialysis unit at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital has been approved by Health and Social Services Minister, Mark Drakeford. The...

A new plan to tackle the harms caused by ‘legal highs’ and risky drinking behaviours by older people has been unveiled by the Welsh...

A new HPV vaccination programme for men who have sex with men (MSM) will be introduced in Wales, Health and Social Services Minister Mark...

Every health board in Wales has produced a 100-day plan to improve cancer services and waiting times, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething announced today. The...

Welsh Government Ministers have praised the “modern miracle” of the care NHS and social service staff deliver across the country in their annual Christmas...

People will be able to have a consultation with their GP using a smartphone and monitor their own health via digital devices as part...

Wales has today become the first country in the UK to introduce a revolutionary new system to increase the number of organ donors (Tuesday...

The Welsh Government is calling on people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds to use a special free service to check the health...

Advent calendar style fitness tips and challenges are set to keep community gym-goers in Swansea on their toes this December. Swansea Council is sharing a...

Ambitious plans to get every single child swimming confidently before they leave primary school are being launched at Wales National Pool on December 2. It's...

PT Publishing has launched the beta version of MyFinalSmoke.com, a website devoted to providing high quality articles about quitting smoking, smoking alternatives, and smoking-related health risks. The website...

Alcohol misuse is one of the main causes of people becoming homeless in Wales, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said today. The Deputy Minister spoke...

First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones has today officially opened the new £60 million Outpatient Department at Morriston Hospital in Swansea. This department, that has...

Welsh Government investment in new technology in pharmacies and care homes across Wales is reducing wasted medicines and prescribing errors and improving patient care. Health...

More than 100 people involved in adult social care safeguarding across Mid and West Wales are attending a “Learning Lessons” workshop in Carmarthen as part...

Mutale Merrill has been appointed as the new chair of the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales, Health and Social Services Minister Mark...

People admitted to hospital with a neurological condition are receiving better and faster treatment as a result of the care they receive from the...

Wales’ Health Minister, Mark Drakeford is encouraging junior doctors to “come and train, live and work in Wales”. Junior doctors are currently deciding where to...

More than eighty delegates from Wales fly out to Dusseldorf this weekend on a Welsh Government trade mission to showcase a range of innovative...

Wales is the only country in the UK to provide round-the-clock support and advice for people approaching the end of their lives, a new...

All domiciliary care workers in Wales will need to be registered from 2020 before they can work in the social care sector, with adult...

A new deal with pharmaceutical company Novartis will give patients in Wales access to new cancer drugs which are not currently routinely available in...

With less than three weeks to go until the organ donation law changes in Wales, people are being urged to register their decision ahead...

For millions of people, the arrival of autumn and winter are unwelcome events. A change in seasons often brings a change in their physical...

The deadline for people to make a claim if they believe their ongoing care should have been funded by the Welsh NHS is being...

Take-up of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine has reached its highest level in Wales, figures published today show. 93% of children who reached...

More than £1.1bn in additional investment has been made in NHS Wales by the Welsh Government over the last two years, Deputy Health Minister...

Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has praised an upgrade at Morriston Hospital in Swansea which has made its theatres “robot ready” Two of...

The number of people dying in Wales while waiting for a transplant is falling and more than 100,000 more people have signed up to...

Changes to maternity and neonatal services in West Wales are safe, sustainable in the long-term and have led to improved outcomes for mothers and...

Patients in Wales will have access to new drugs to treat hepatitis C and those with a rare life-threatening disorder of the immune system...

The care of frail and older people in two South Wales hospitals is much improved from that witnessed by an independent review team last...

Changes to the way the Welsh Ambulance Service responds to emergency calls put patients’ health needs first, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething today said. Speaking...

A new campaign to mark the countdown to the ban on smoking in cars carrying children under 18 coming into force in Wales starts...

A consultation about new time-limited regulations to give prison governors the power to allow inmates to smoke in designated cells has been launched today...

The Welsh Government has welcomed a ruling by the Market Research Society that a question asked on behalf of BBC Wales by polling company...

Heart disease survival rates are improving and fewer people are dying prematurely from coronary heart disease thanks to improved detection and the ban on...

Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething today announced £5.7m investment into clinical research and development in Wales. The funding will be used to support three clinical...

Heart disease survival rates are improving and fewer people are dying prematurely from coronary heart disease thanks to improved detection and the ban on...

My nickname is Bee and I usually respond to this quicker than Abi. My birth name is Abigail but only my grandma (grudgingly) calls...

A ‘guardian angel’ vital alert service that has supported vulnerable people in their own homes across Carmarthenshire for many years is evolving. Members of the...

People who need immediate life-saving care will receive the highest-priority response in the fastest time possible from the Welsh Ambulance Service under changes being...

Finance and Government Business Minister Jane Hutt will today announce £4.5m EU funds to help Cardiff University develop a leading centre of excellence for...

The number of people who donated their organs in Wales has increased but there has also been a rise in the number waiting for...

A new plan to strengthen the primary care workforce to deliver new models of care and look after more people close to their homes...