Baby Loss Remembrance Service At Withybush Hospital
The annual baby loss remembrance service will take place on Tuesday 1 October 2024 at St Luke’s Chapel in Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest at...
EXPERT’S CAUTIOUS WELCOME TO NEW NHS 111 MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
Changes to the NHS 111's 24-hour medical helpline to support people experiencing a mental health crisis have been welcomed by a mental health expert.
Lynn...
Welsh confidence in NHS cancer treatment drops
New research has revealed confidence in the NHS to treat cancer in Wales has dropped over the past 5 years.
The Devonshire Clinic analysed YouGov’s latest...
AN innovative system which prevents babies receiving expressed breast milk (EBM)...
"A SYSTEM WHICH DELIVERS THE RIGHT MILK TO THE RIGHT INFANT IN THE RIGHT WAY"
*NHS Trusts can now access an innovative system which stops...
Third of new mums feel ‘like just a number’ in NHS...
Over a quarter of mothers found NHS maternity care ‘substandard’
May 2024 – In a survey from Slater and Gordon Lawyers, over 2,000 people...
Campaigner say rules allowing NHS staff paid bereavement leave must be...
"If the NHS, who are struggling on their knees to survive, can offer this protection, so can others and so can our UK government."
NEW...
New report finds 74% of diaspora NHS staff attribute positive care...
A new report titled, The Voices of the Experts in Our Midst, launched today at the Senedd by the Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) celebrates...
WALES TAKES THE LEAD AMONG THE HOME NATIONS IN CARDIAC ARREST...
Save a Life Cymru has appointed six first-of-their-kind community co-ordinators to transform CPR and defibrillation access – including one based in south west Wales...
Over 1.2 million patients helped by British Red Cross in Welsh...
A British Red Cross service that has been supporting patients and staff at Welsh Emergency Departments celebrates its fifth anniversary this week.
Red Cross staff...
Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice launches fresh recruitment drive for more nurses
Tŷ Hafan Children's Hospice has launched a fresh drive to recruit more nurses to provide vital care and support for children with life-shortening conditions and their families in Wales.
A recent...
Gloucestershire-based healthcare IoT cybersecurity specialist signs new three-year deal with southeast...
25th September 2023, Gloucestershire: Cheltenham-based Cylera, a leader in healthcare IoT intelligence and security, has signed a new three-year agreement with Dartford and Gravesham...
REVEALED: Wales is the region most critical of recent NHS changes
Over two-thirds (68%) of respondents believe that recent NHS changes do NOT benefit them
Over half (52%) would like to see more same-day...
NHS Wales should get people hooked on fishing instead of popping...
Doctors in Wales should be able to prescribe angling instead of anti-depressants, according to one of the UK’s top fishermen.
The call comes from ex-world...
NHS 75th Anniversary: Preserving the legacies of those who make up...
From miraculous birth stories to surviving life-threatening illness, StoryTerrace, the UK's leading memoir-writing service, celebrates inspirational medical stories from the last decade
The 5th of...
NHS75: Our People
To recognise the 75th year of our National Health Service, Hywel Dda University Health Board is celebrating the personal stories of its workforce.
Throughout the...
Nurses’ union boss foresees “massive” future for the profession
Helen Whyley, Director for the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, has given a candid interview outlining what she says will be a "massive...
New Documentary Shines A Light On Mid And West Wales Nurses
Seven newly qualified nurses who care for patients across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire are set to feature in a new documentary.
In the brand new...
Safety Survey To Begin On Wards At Withybush Hospital
Plans have been put in place at Withybush Hospital to ensure disruption is kept to a minimum as further survey work begins on concrete...
Hands-On Experience For Budding Health Students
Students from across schools in Ceredigion will have an opportunity to talk face-to-face with staff from a range of sectors, including local health and...
Launch Of Public Consultation On Location Of New Planned And Urgent...
Between 23 February and 19 May, Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) will be inviting members of the public, staff and partner organisations, to...
NEW DATA: New NHS Wales lung app could reduce demand on...
New NHS Wales lung app could reduce demand on GPs by a third – new data shows
An evaluation of the new NHS Wales asthma...
Local NHS Staff Celebrate Awards Success
Staff from across health care in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire have been congratulated on a number of award successes at this year’s new Hywel’s Applause event.
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Invest in social care in West Wales to relieve NHS crisis
Health boards and councils are adding to West Wales NHS crisis with unfair postcode lottery of care fees
nvesting in social care in order to...
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: NUMBER OF FRONTLINE WORKERS SEEKING SUPPORT FOR...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIs30GRtdiQ
*On World Mental Health Day, new data from a leading UK charity reveals a worrying mental health surge.
**New video - called "The Feelings" -...
Long COVID and mental health “most critical” issues for workplace health
With the NHS under continuing pressure, occupational health experts have called on businesses to rethink how they tackle Long COVID and mental health issues...
Health and social care needs technological reform to support the NHS
Matthew Dunster, MD of Digital Home Visits Group, says a change is urgently needed – so what would happen if we actually truly combined...
More than half of Welsh nurses demoralised: 5 ways technology can...
More than half of Wales' nurses are demoralised due to a staffing crisis, according to a study from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
The data shows...
Paediatric Response: Tackling the Planned Care Backlog in Wales
Tackling the Planned Care Backlog in Wales: Auditor General calls for detail on recovery plans and the NHS workforce
The Auditor General for Wales has...
Two-year project sheds light on disillusion among frontline workers with government...
A new study by Cardiff Metropolitan University together with the University of Limerick has shone a light on the vital role that social solidarity...
Hywel Dda Health Board: Margaret Street Dental Practice To Return NHS...
It is with regret that Margaret Street Dental Practice, Ammanford, will be closing on 31 July 2022.
The health board is working closely with {My}...
Emergency service workers benefit from lowest car insurance throughout pandemic
Paramedics, firefighters and police officers dominate the rankings for the lowest car insurance premiums according to new figures from Quotezone.co.uk.
Data from the insurance comparison...
5 Reasons Why Physicians Experience Burnout and How to Avoid It
Physicians carry a crucial role within society when it comes to the health of us all, but thanks to the added stress and taxing...
Scholarship appreciates NHS staff
A local GCSE student has been awarded a scholarship that aims to recognise and appreciate the efforts of frontline NHS staff during the Covid...
NEW INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT LOCAL PEOPLE IN CARMARTHENSHIRE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER...
December 1st, 2021: A group of local like-minded people in Carmarthenshire have joined forces to launch a cancer support community group, which is awaiting...
Stop poaching our staff, social care leader tells NHS
Pay needs to be “levelled up” to stop NHS poaching our staff, says social care leader
A social care leader his hit out at the...
UK healthcare sector recruiting overseas for health care assistants as vacancies...
According to the latest statistics,* UK health care assistant and auxiliary nursing job vacancies rose by 273.5% (to June 2021) in the preceding 12 months. A combination of Brexit and the pandemic has significantly increased demand leading to these unprecedented shortages. ...
Updated statement from BHF Cymru on latest NHS Wales statistics
As the latest figures on NHS waiting times have been issued Welsh Government this morning , BHF Cymru says the number of people waiting for life saving treatment and...
NHS WALES WAITING TIMES STATISTICS
As the latest figures on NHS waiting times are due to be released by Welsh Government on Thursday , the number of people waiting for life saving...
BHF Cymru welcomes heart screening for patients in Swansea Bay and...
BACKGROUND Genetic cardiac testing service made permanent - Swansea Bay University Health Board (nhs.wales)
BHF CYMRU RESPONSE: The British Heart Foundation welcomes the news that a life-saving...
British Heart Foundation Cymru response to latest NHS waiting times
Hospital waiting lists for potentially life saving vital heart care continue to rise each month, according to latest NHS Wales figures published today.
The latest...
Profwyd bod ymatebwyr cyntaf a staff y GIG yn fwy gwydn...
Mae astudiaeth newydd wedi datgelu bod ymatebwyr cyntaf a gweithwyr gofal iechyd wedi profi lefelau is o drallod seicolegol na'r boblogaeth gyffredinol yn ystod...
First responders and NHS staff proved more resilient during early days...
A new study has revealed first responders and healthcare workers experienced lower levels of psychological distress than the general population during the first wave...
NAHT Cymru comments on vaccines for 16 and 17-year-olds
Commenting as the government seems set to offer the Covid vaccine to 16 and 17-year-olds, Laura Doel, director of school leaders' union NAHT Cymru,...
SURVEY FINDS THAT OVER TWO-THIRDS OF PARAMEDICS BASED IN WALES HAVE...
Over two-thirds (70%) of Wales-based paramedics who took part in a major UK-wide survey by their professional body, the College of Paramedics, said they had feared for their safety or felt threatened while carrying out...
MORE THAN 1,000 NHS STAFF PAST AND PRESENT SEND £3.50 TO...
NHS staff are putting their money where their mouths are in direct appeal to Boris Johnson to go further than the proposed pay...
Hywel Dda UHB Launches Research & Innovation Strategy
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) has published its Research and Innovation Strategy, which will help deliver clinical services to the people of Carmarthenshire,...
Naval Instructor fundraises for local NHS charity
It’s a case of “the sky’s the limit” for one naval man from Comins Coch, Aberystwyth, as Gareth Whalley launches a fundraising raffle which...
Hyfforddwr Llynges yn codi arian ar gyfer elusen leol y GIG
Does dim terfyn ar ymdrechion codi arian yr hyfforddwr llynges o Comins Coch, Aberystwyth, Gareth Whalley wrth iddo lansio raffl codi arian a fydd...
Test, Trace, Protect
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The NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect service is now well underway across Carmarthenshire to track the virus and give extra protection to our communities.
Anyone...
NHS workers fight for pay rise
Today in Swansea City Centre - Castle Square, NHS Workers made their voices heard with some rousing speeches that drew the applause of the...