A pioneering doctor has been honoured for his dedicated service to patients who have Parkinson’s in Swansea.
A hit podcast made in Wales has teamed up with the FAW and Wales’ national organisation to improve cardiac arrest survival, Save a Life Cymru to...
People who are homeless or precariously housed are to be routinely offered lateral flow tests for hepatitis C, followed by rapid PCR tests to speed up...
A new service using specially-trained volunteers is providing extra support, comfort and companionship to patients who are receiving end-of-life care.
Hywel Dda University Health Board has said that West Street Dental Practice in Fishguard will stop providing NHS dental care on 31 March 2023.
Being healthy is more than just eating well and exercising regularly, it requires a permanent lifestyle and mindset change. And some cities make that change easier...
A group of pharmacies in the Swansea and Neath Valleys are leading the way in Wales with an inhaler recycling project which could help the fight...
Patients infected with both Covid and flu are being seen in Swansea Bay hospitals already dealing with unprecedented levels of respiratory viruses.
A checklist created by cardiac staff in Morriston has seen the hospital become a UK leader in the safety of patients having open-heart surgery.
Morriston Hospital’s cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) has been gifted a £5,500 thank you from the family of a former patient.
The number of additional dental appointments provided this year has reached 109,000, according to the latest Welsh Government data.
A new £2million purpose-built fracture clinic is increasing time dedicated to patient care and cutting waits on treatment after opening at Morriston Hospital.
Families of patients waiting to be discharged from hospital are being urged to do all they can to support them to go home as quickly as...
A chaplain who has given support to patients, families and NHS staff in times of great sorrow, joy and uncertainty, has been awarded a King’s New...
After much needed time to relax with family and friends over Christmas, getting back into your routine in the new year can be quite the challenge,...
People with epilepsy in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are now able to help manage their condition, while reducing waiting lists for others at the same...
High numbers of extremely unwell patients are being seen in Morriston Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED), prompting a call for the public to use alternatives wherever possible...
People living in Swansea Bay are being asked to think twice before visiting family and friends in hospital if they are feeling under the weather themselves....
David ‘Dai’ Morris, an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (APP) for the Welsh Ambulance Service, on several occasions has driven up to 2,000 miles from his home in...
Staff at Swansea’s HMT Sancta Maria Hospital have been awarded a prestigious award by Swansea Bay University Health Board and Swansea University, for their exceptional treatment...
Staff and consultants at Werndale have been busy this year fundraising for Wales Air Ambulance. Throughout the year there have been a number of fundraising initiatives...
Students from across schools in Pembrokeshire have been talking with local health and care services staff about their future careers at an event held in November...
The Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan, has urged people to take extra care and only call 999 for life-threatening or serious emergencies during...
Coloured lights and high-tech glasses are giving patients with breast cancer direct control over part of their treatment at Singleton Hospital. They have to breathe in...
A children’s ward at Morriston Hospital has been gifted enough presents to fill Santa’s sleigh from a family grateful for the care its staff gave their...
A little man with a big heart – and strong legs – has raised more than £1,000 as a way of thanking staff who looked after...
A devoted couple who decided to renew their marriage vows following a cancer diagnosis ended up having to wait three years to do so. They had...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) are warning consumers about specific ready-to-eat smoked fish products from Lidl linked to an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes. Products produced by...
More people than ever will have access to their health records with a huge expansion of a digital service that Swansea Bay pioneered in Wales. The...
A groom spent what should have been his honeymoon 2,000 miles away from his wife because of a very different matter of the heart. Dai Jones...
A Swansea Bay University Health Board devised scheme to donate hundreds of unneeded brand new beds and mattresses to those who need them most has won...
The Welsh Government say they expect NHS Wales services will be significantly impacted by industrial action, as the first of planned strikes by staff begins today....
A Swansea mum is on track to achieve her dream job thanks to a new university course. Clare Rice has long harboured the ambition of becoming...
A Swansea Bay patient has been spared the prospect of a six month hospital stay – and being fed intravenously – thanks to an innovative new...
One of the newest stars of Welsh rugby has taken time out to brighten the day of children in Morriston Hospital. Ospreys and Wales flanker, Jac...
Boris Johnson has teamed up with Werndale Hospital in Bancyfelin, Carmarthenshire, part of Circle Health Group, to launch an urgent appeal for medical supplies for Ukraine hospitals...
Emergency workers in Wales are reminding the public to treat them with respect in the face of a continued rise in assaults. There were 1,421 assaults in...
A new study led by researchers at Swansea University has revealed that potentially only one in three pregnant women in Wales would actually have the Covid-19...
A nurse manager with a love of the Queen has been given a regal title of her own in recognition of her role in caring for...
An athlete who discovered she had bowel cancer following a training injury was back in action just weeks after surgery. Laura Butcher is determined to show...
This festive season, BHF Cymru is urging people to donate to the charity to help fund its lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases. The charity’s ‘gift...
A major new collaboration has been launched aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular patients across Wales. The Next Generation Population Health in NHS Wales...
Research by psychologists from the School of Psychology at Swansea University found that people’s fear of COVID-19 has led to worsened mental health. The study, just...
Krazy Races, the popular, free to attend national soapbox derby has confirmed that Wales Air Ambulance, will become it’s headline charity partner for the event which...
A new kind of prescription is available to people in Neath who might benefit from connecting to social activities to help improve their emotional health and...
Statistics published today show that over a million people in Wales have now received their COVID-19 booster vaccination this autumn. Public Health Wales’s weekly data, published...
A team of fat fighting footballers from Swansea, who between them have lost a staggering 70.4kg this year – more than 11 stone – between them on the MAN v...
Swansea Bay Health Charity is offering Welsh football supporters the opportunity to really stand out in the Red Wall – through winning a jersey signed by...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has announced the opening of its new £20m Day Surgery Unit at Llanelli’s Prince Philip Hospital, in a major boost to...
Shocking figures have unveiled the local areas in Wales with the longest ambulance delays, revealing a stark “postcode lottery” for response times to life-threatening calls. Figures...
Ahead of Fuel Poverty Awareness Day on Friday 2 December 2022, gas emergency and pipeline, Wales & West Utilities has announced it’s partnering with end of...
A team from Swansea Bay University Health Board, which helped pioneer a family screening service for inherited heart muscle conditions in Wales, has welcomed news a...
Pembrokeshire CBD Centre has become the first high street CBD company in the country to be in partnership with Sapphire Clinic, a UK medical cannabis clinic....
For most people, Christmas Day is spent with family and friends, unwrapping presents in sparkly jumpers and overindulging on festive food. However, December 25 can be...
A Carmarthenshire logistics, warehousing and distribution company has marked half a century in business by raising money for the Wales Air Ambulance. Llanelli-based Owens Group...
Two inspirational people from Swansea have been nominated in the British Heart Foundation’s Heart Hero Awards 2022. The annual awards ceremony returns for a fifth year on Thursday...
A low-cost heated seat cover that can keep vulnerable older adults warm at the touch of a button is being put to the test using Swansea...
A father with limited arm and hand movements after a brain injury is once more playing video games with his children thanks to the care and...
A Gorseinon GP has warned that antibiotics may not be the answer in combatting seasonal illnesses after seeing an increase in patients requesting medication. Swansea Bay...
A joiner has given a relieved thumbs up to the Swansea Bay surgeon whose skill has enabled him to do just that after he cut it...
As the UK marks the 23rd anniversary of the ban on the use and sale of asbestos (Thursday 24 November), the family of a contractor from...
A teacher has set himself the arduous challenge of running a daily 10k throughout the festive period, from December 1 until his final run on Christmas...
The sooner you get tested for HIV, the sooner your condition can be treated if you prove positive. That’s the key message from Swansea Bay’s sexual...
Social media sites are still not doing enough to tackle self-harm content being pushed to users on their sites, says Samaritans. The warning comes as new...
A positive behavioural support manager who puts the needs of others at the “heart of everything she does” has seen her caring efforts pay off. Shelley...
A dedicated Neath woman has struck gold at the social care Oscars. Last week Jacqueline Orrells was among the winners at a ceremony in City Hall,...
A keen runner inspired by her best friend’s recovery from a car accident has raised nearly £2,500 to help the rehabilitation of brain injury patients. Aimee...
Ellie Lane was enjoying the pantomime in Swansea Grand Theatre when she received a call telling her she needed go to hospital immediately. A routine blood...
There will be an extra bit of festive sparkle in the Jones household this year as dad Richard and his partner Michaela celebrate their son Dougie’s...
A Waunarlwydd cancer survivor who lost both a childhood friend and his father to the disease is raising money by taking part in a charity boxing...
A new group offering support for people living with dementia and their carers has been set up in the Swansea Valley. The Forgetful Friends Dementia and...
A Bristol athlete is heading to America to take part in the World’s Toughest Mudder to raise money for the charity that helped save his late...
A passionate nurse who struck gold at a prestigious awards ceremony said the accolade is a reflection of the first class team she plays a proud...
A major transformation of Swansea Bay’s primary care audiology services will deliver quicker specialist access for patients all across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, and help...
Social media is negatively affecting the health of people from Swansea, according to new research into the nation’s habits from Money Expert. The survey which centred around...
Around 28,000 new patients are set to be offered appointments at dental practices in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot by April 2023. Updated contracts agreed with...
When you have two model staff working on the same hospital team you could say it’s a small world – and you’d be right in more...
As the nights become longer, people across Wales are preparing to set reminders to wind their clocks back on 30 October to reflect the change in...
Hook a duck, ring toss and tin can alley aren’t usual methods of treatment, but they proved the perfect tonic when an old-fashioned funfair rolled up...
A woman who once conquered the world’s tallest free-standing mountain was left struggling to walk her dog after being diagnosed with Long-Covid. When Helen Goldring suddenly...
A new clinic has drastically reduced the number of appointments needed for expectant mothers with epilepsy at one South West Wales health board. The epilepsy clinic,...
Work is now under way on high-tech new teaching facilities set to put Swansea University at the forefront of healthcare education. Believed to be the largest...
A DVLA worker from Clydach who had four organs removed due to illness has run the Cardiff Half Marathon for Wales Air Ambulance Last October Melinda...
Warning: Graphic images of burns in this article: A burns patient has issued a warning to anyone thinking of reaching for a hot water bottle this...
Welsh rugby legend Shane Williams is fronting a new campaign to urge the people of Wales to learn lifesaving CPR and defibrillation skills as a recent...
A Swansea Bay NHS worker who faces an uncertain future having developed complications following Covid is urging people to get the autumn booster vaccination. Piers Meynell...
A new ‘wellness centre’ has been proposed for an Orchard Street site in Swansea city centre, that could employ 347 staff according to planning details. The...
Swansea Council say they’re offering specialist mental health support to thousands of residents, households and families who may be struggling emotionally as the cost of living...
Welsh Ambulance Service members of the GMB union are to vote on strike action over pay the union has announced. The move comes as 90% of...
Healthcare staff at Swansea Bay UHB are prescribing antibiotics in a more targeted way to help reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance and unpleasant side effects...
A beach walk to raise money and awareness of suicide in young people returns to Swansea later this month. Swansea University’s Wellbeing Service is hosting HOPEWALK 2022 on Sunday 30...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s play teams at Glangwilli, Bronglais and Withybush hospitals have been recognised as runners up of Play Team of the Year at...
Family holidays are taking a back seat to saving lives for a Swansea surgeon who spent his summer in Pakistan operating on poor people including Afghan...
Pupils in Morriston Primary School have been examining a mock ‘crime scene’ in order to arrest the number of falls amongst the elderly. The exercise was...
As concussion in rugby comes under the spotlight, a Swansea researcher is inviting rugby players past and present to help with her research into head impacts,...
The writing could soon be on the wall for thousands of appointment letters Swansea Bay University Health Board mails out to patients every year. Sometimes these...
Being told your baby is deaf must be heart-breaking but Tara Thomas is full of praise for the way Swansea Bay University Health Board’s audiology team...
The family of a former Morriston Hospital patient has gone to great lengths – including cycling from south to north Wales in record time – to...
Patients at Cefn Coed Hospital are having a ball attending live Swans matches thanks to the generosity of a local businessman. Phil Lake, who runs Lakeside...
Eye surgeons in Singleton Hospital continuing to work through a backlog of operations can now do so in a dedicated “space-age” new theatre. The £4 million...