GoCompare Travel Insurance is warning those going for a winter break to keep abreast of the daily changes to travel restrictions and requirements so they don’t jeopardise...
The latest phase of the Welsh Government’s Keep Wales Safe campaign which aims to ‘disrupt the transmission’ of Covid-19 is launching today (Monday 6 December). Adverts...
A case of the Omicron variant of concern has been confirmed in Wales. The case is in the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board area and...
Eight assaults every day were committed against Welsh emergency workers during the first six months of this year, new figures have revealed. More than 1,360 assaults...
The family of a patient who passed away in Morriston Hospital has donated a collection of toys to the children’s wards to help keep his memory...
A mother who needed in-the-womb blood transfusions during her pregnancy and a man who depends on regular, lifesaving blood donations are encouraging communities across Wales to...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced new changes to the GP contract to help to improve access to appointments. The changes, which are backed by £12m...
Swansea Council have released a statement following a judge’s decision to shut an independent cinema that has refused to follow COVID safety rules. The cinema must...
Around one quarter of Welsh people expect to experience poor physical and/or mental health this Christmas, according to a survey of 2,000 people carried out by Censuswide for...
Director of Public Health for Swansea Bay University Health Board, Dr Keith Reid has issued a statement urging people to follow the Welsh Government’s guidance on...
Swansea Council has condemned the actions of the owners of a city cinema which has refused to remain shut to address serious covid health concerns. Cinema...
The Welsh Ambulance Service has introduced new technology to better support victims of domestic violence. Ambulance crews have been supporting patients to access Live Fear Free...
The Welsh Government issued Swansea independent cinema and food outlet Cinema & Co with an order to close on public health grounds on Friday. Swansea Council...
An emergency department nurse has combined his passion for nursing and writing by creating heartfelt poems inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic. Michael Jenkins has always been...
The drive to deliver Covid booster vaccines across Swansea Bay as rapidly as possible has itself been boosted by community pharmacies. All 49 GP practices in...
An innovative new procedure to relieve pressure in ears is being offered at HMT Sancta Maria Hospital. Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon, Mr Ameeth...
Cinema owner, Anna Redfern failed to show at a Swansea Magistrates hearing this morning. The hearing was brought by Swansea Council after Redfern ignored a closure...
A £50,000 state-of-the-art prostate biopsy machine has been purchased for use at Glangwili and Prince Philip hospitals, thanks to charitable donations to local urology services, including...
A new outpatient service for people with neurological conditions will more than halve the time they need to spend in hospital. Swansea’s Morriston Hospital is the...
An anti-racism group has written an open letter to the owner of a Swansea independent cinema that refuses to follow Government COVID measures. The letter by...
Eight care homes in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot have offered more than 50 beds between them to help ease the unprecedented pressures on health and...
THE Welsh Ambulance Service has partnered with fire and rescue services to launch a new initiative to better protect vulnerable people at risk of an accident...
A young blood donor from Swansea is on a mission to inspire other young people to follow in his footsteps. After losing his father to stomach...
Swansea Council’s licensing and trading standards officers issued a 28 day closure notice to independent cinema Cinema & Co last night (Thursday 18 November). The move...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has thanked people throughout Wales for their hard work to help reduce record-high coronavirus case rates over the last three weeks. He...
Cinema & Co on Swansea’s Castle Street is refusing to follow the Welsh Government’s new COVID pass law, claiming it is “nonsensical” and “unnecessary”. Cinema...
Dental services in Wales will receive an extra £3m of new funding this year to support the recovery from the pandemic and improve access. Next year...
A software tool meant to help reduce emergency hospital admissions is of limited use and benefit to patients, a new study of GPs’ views and experiences...
A high number of COVID-19 cases have been identified in the Amman Valley and St Clears areas of Carmarthenshire, and people are being urged to take...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) celebrated veterans with unique wreaths on Remembrance Day created by the VC Gallery in Haverfordwest. The wreaths were made using...
The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has today received his Covid-19 booster vaccine at the Bayside Mass Vaccination Centre in Cardiff Bay. Speaking afterwards the...
More adults eligible for the free flu jab have been vaccinated in Swansea Bay than any other part of Wales so far this autumn Swansea Bay...
Members of the Senedd have approved the extension of the NHS COVID pass to cinemas, theatres and concert halls in Wales. The first vote to introduce...
A 10-year-old from Swansea with Cerebral palsy and epilepsy has received a grant from Persimmon to help her learn to walk. Brooke Lilly Hacker is currently...
Public Health Wales has revealed that a student at Lampeter campus of The University of Wales Trinity St David (UWTSD) has died from tuberculosis (TB). Public...
Moondance Cancer Initiative has awarded just over £400,000 to seven innovative projects across north and west Wales to improve cancer services. The Moondance Cancer Initiative Innovation...
Welsh Government Deputy Minister for Wellbeing, Lynne Neagle has launched a consultation for long term tobacco control, A Smoke-free Wales. It will be open until January 31st....
Children across Swansea Bay are the first in Wales to be offered sight-saving treatment which will prevent them from needing a transplant. Youngsters with keratoconus, where...
Catch-up flu vaccinations for children and young people in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are being offered at a new drive-through delivered by the school nursing...
More than £170m extra a year is set to be invested in planned care across NHS Wales, Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced at the inaugural...
Heart patients across West Wales are piloting innovative new technology that allows clinicians to monitor their health and recovery from the comfort of their home. In...
People and their families in Swansea who have borrowed equipment to support mobility and daily living in their homes are being asked to return items that...
A specialist nurse has been recognised for helping women receive a quicker diagnosis and short-term treatment for cancer until surgery can be performed. Paula Bidder, an...
Swansea Bay University Health Board’s Medical Illustration Department is using virtual reality to teach new doctors a real life or death technique. The department has teamed...
Dyfed Powys Police are reporting that three people have died and another remains in hospital following a multi-agency river rescue in Pembrokeshire yesterday. Calls for help...
A green era has dawned at Morriston Hospital which has gone live with its own full-scale solar farm. The £5.9 million development, the first in the...
This week, First Minister Mark Drakeford, got his flu vaccination and encouraged others to take up the offer this winter to help keep people safe and...
As health leaders call on the UK Government to implement Covid-19 contingency plans, and the Welsh First Minister threatens stricter measures unless infection rates decline, a...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced strengthened Alert Level Zero measures due to rising COVID infection figures – and warns of stricter measures to come unless...
Hywel Dda health board which runs health services in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion has said that they are temporarily suspending non-essential visiting to all of their...
Rugby supporters heading into Cardiff to watch Wales’ autumn internationals are being reminded they must wear a face covering on public transport. A capacity 74,500 crowd...
Welsh Government have announced a new National Framework for the Delivery of Bereavement Care in Wales, underpinned by a £1m support grant. The plan has been...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has appointed two Arts in Health Co-ordinators who will help promote and encourage the use of the arts in healthcare across...
New collaborative research from Swansea University and the University of Aberdeen has identified potential protective effects in breast milk and amniotic fluid against SARS-CoV-2. Funded by...
An emergency department nurse has created heartfelt care packages for children as a way of comforting them following the loss of a loved one. Natalie Williams,...
A new state-of-the-art MRI scanner has been installed at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest thanks to a 3.3million pound investment from Welsh Government. Replacing the hospital’s previous...
Deaf people in Wales are experiencing significant mental health inequalities because there is a lack of accessible services, no specialist Deaf mental health service in Wales...
Thousands of people have been enjoying an outdoor art exhibition as they attend the Swansea Bay Mass Vaccination Centre for their all-important Covid jabs. The Art...
Hywel Dda University Health Board will undertake a review of potential sites as part of the ongoing process to identify a suitable location for a new hospital....
Welsh Conservatives have repeated the call for a Wales-specific Covid-19 inquiry. On behalf of the Senedd Conservatives, Paul Davies MS challenged the First Minister over his...
A joint statement from Hywel Dda Health Board, Welsh Ambulance Trust and Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion Councils is calling on families of recovering hospital patients to...
Swansea Bay University Health Board say they are making it easier for older people to get their Covid-19 booster vaccinations with the use of converted shipping...
Swansea Bay health board have announced two new free bus routes to help people get to the mass vaccination centre at the Bay Field Hospital from...
NHS Wales chief executive Andrew Goodall has warned the dual challenge of the Covid pandemic and other respiratory viruses will make this winter ‘one of the...
People aged 12 and over living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire with severely weakened immune systems at the time of their first and/or second COVID-19 vaccines...
The flu virus is already circulating and has led to people being hospitalised according to Swansea Bay University Health Board’s Director of Public Health, Dr Keith...
The Armed Forces will begin to support the Welsh Ambulance Service from today. Fifty troops from 4 Regiment Royal Logistic Corp will drive ambulances across Wales...
Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales, continues to see further expansion of its team with three new appointments, following a steep increase in demand for its...
People in Swansea have been thanked for contributing towards the £1million raised forthree life-saving charities as part of Tesco’s ‘Helping you to live healthier’ initiative. Tesco...
A nursing career that dates back to 1964 has finally come to a close for Swansea’s Hazel Eastman. Hazel has decided to retire at the aged...
Two nurses from Swansea University’s School of Health and Social Care have been nominated in the UK national ‘Student Nursing Times Awards’. The annual Student Nursing Times...
On Sunday (4 October), a team of runners from Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales, took part in the 40th London Marathon, raising a grand total of £3987.70....
Carmarthenshire’s statutory director of social services has described the impact of national social care pressures locally and the significant efforts underway to manage demand. Jake Morgan,...
People eligible for booster COVID-19 vaccinations and flu jabs are encouraged to take up the offer ahead of a challenging winter for NHS Wales, the Health...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has announced that Withybush Hospital is closing to all visitors with immediate effect due to increased cases of COVID-19 in the...
The average age of a policy holder is down by 20% in the past year The average age of those investing in private medical insurance (PMI)...
The Welsh Ambulance Service has appointed its first dedicated palliative care paramedics. The new recruits will deliver specialist care to patients who are nearing the end of...
People in Wales must show a Covid Pass or demonstrate their Covid status to enter nightclubs and attend large events from today (11th October). Businesses could be...
110 Defence personnel will deploy to support the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WAST) from 14th October, working as non-emergency drivers. The task is expected to...
The First Minister, Mark Drakeford, will today (Friday 8 October) publish new plans to help keep Wales open and safe during the difficult autumn and winter...
People who visit their GP with non-specific but concerning symptoms could be referred into a new clinic that aims to detect those who may have cancer....
Swansea City FC have confirmed that NHS COVID passes will be a legal requirement for supporters attending home games at the newly renamed Swansea.com Stadium –...
Countless hours spent completing essential paperwork for patients is fast becoming a distant memory for nurses and other healthcare staff in Neath Port Talbot Hospital. The...
Grŵp Resilience in Pembrokeshire has received a grant of £7,880 from The National Lottery Community Fund in Wales to fund the Greener Healing project. The project supports...
Three Pembrokeshire men have raised over £3,000 for the Wales Air Ambulance by completing a 2,000 mile charity drive in just 36 hours! Owen Hughes, 30,...
A SUPER-fit cycling enthusiast who had a sudden cardiac arrest in his sleep survived thanks to the actions of his quick-thinking wife. Jennifer Dunne was woken...
As 12 to 15-year-olds across Wales start to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations, the Welsh Health Minister today (4 October) confirmed they will all be offered a...
The new Chief Executive of the NHS in Wales and Director General for Health and Social Services will be Judith Paget, it has been announced. Judith...
Welsh Government Health Minister, Baroness Eluned Morgan has said that more than a billion items of free personal protective equipment (PPE) have been issued to the...
Pembrokeshire couple Chris Williams and Suzanne Evans raised £2,000 for Withybush Hospital by staging a truck show at the county showground. The Celtic Truck Show attracted more than 150...
Local residents are being called upon to help patients in need by giving blood with the Welsh Blood Service. Across Swansea over 1,000 donations of blood...
Around thirty cyclists got on their bikes to raise an incredible £4,350 for three important causes. The members, county officials and friends of Carmarthenshire Federation of...
A state-of-the-art stroke unit offering 24-7 emergency care could be developed at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital. The health board is developing a proposal for what’s known as...
Almost as many children aged 15 and under have been in hospital with Covid-19 in Swansea Bay over the last three months than the whole of...
Almost a third (32 percent) of people in Swansea Bay University Health Board area have put on weight since the start of the pandemic, with 15...
Two women explain life on the ‘virtual front line’ in the war against coronavirus in Swansea Bay Joanna Evans likes to run along Swansea Beach early...
A sculpture has been unveiled at the National Botanic Garden of Wales as part of Organ Donation Week. The special event was held to raise awareness of organ...
Young Freya Bevan today unveiled a train named in her honour as Great Western Railway paid tribute to her unstinting bravery. The nine-year-old, who is currently...
Almost £25m will be invested in up to four new PET-CT scanners across Wales to improve access to this cutting edge diagnostic technology. The new Positron...
THE Welsh Ambulance Service is seeking to re-enlist military support to assist with its Covid-19 effort. The Trust has submitted a request for additional support to...