A retired reverend geared up for a challenge by cycling 100km to raise funds for the Morriston Hospital surgical team he says saved his life. Aled...
A former patient of The Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery has raised more than £5,000 as a thank you to the “heroes” who saved...
A microscope that can be used for both ear and dental procedures means patients can now be treated quickly without the need for a hospital referral....
A newlywed couple have thanked nurses in Morriston Hospital for helping them tie the knot on the groom’s ward. When Robert Pritchard, who has cancer, was...
Following a spate of break-ins at disused parts of Cefn Coed Hospital, security has been stepped up and a warning issued that trespassers may face police...
Every picture really does tell a story in hospitals, parks and playgrounds across Swansea Bay. Health board speech and language therapists have worked with play development...
Gorseinon Hospital is using its newly-developed courtyard garden as a way of aiding patients’ recovery. Patients can enjoy nature and admire the bees, butterflies and flower...
Whether she’s at her desk or on the pitch, working well as part of a team is a skill that’s very important in Kerin Lake’s life....
Plans to expand the number of operating theatres at Singleton Hospital by 50% to help tackle surgical waiting lists are going before Swansea Bay University Health...
A new COVID vaccination centre for Port Talbot is opening at Aberavon Shopping Centre. Situated next door to B&M, near the river bridge entrance, Swansea Bay...
A young Swansea couple whose son was born prematurely at around 30 weeks have been reunited with some of the emergency crews who helped safeguard the...
A Swansea Bay University Health Board staff member has been thanked for her work through the pandemic by attending a Royal Garden Party Planning for and...
Opening up the hydrotherapy pool at Neath Port Talbot Hospital has led to lifesaving skills being taught in dedicated swimming classes to help safeguard babies and...
A £4.1 million investment in Swansea’s Singleton Hospital has made it a UK leader in the diagnosis of cancer and other serious conditions. The nuclear medicine...
As an occupational therapist, one of Eleri D’Arcy’s passions has always been striving to prevent the number of falls that occur in day to day life....
Over 65s in Swansea Bay are being encouraged to attend dance classes in a bid to keep them on their feet. Five of the health board’s...
A “one in a million” nurse is saying his final goodbye to the NHS after 46 years. When Martin Green hangs up his scrubs for the...
International nurses spent up to two years away from their own families after relocating to Swansea Bay during the Covid pandemic. These are among the huge...
Charity really does begin at home when it comes to donating hundreds of beds no longer needed at Bay Field Hospital. They will be used to...
A group of GP surgeries in the Lower Swansea Valley is asking its patients for any suggestions for initiatives that may help combat loneliness. The move,...
If a picture is worth a thousand words then they are all thank yous when it comes to this painting gifted to the staff of Morriston...
Four midwives had special reason to celebrate this year’s International Day of the Midwife – it saw them being the first ever winners of a prestigious...
Generations of surfers know there’s nothing like catching the perfect wave, but now new research has looked at just how beneficial the power of the sea...
A music-loving teenager can now hear his favourite tracks clearly for the first time thanks to the latest technology available within Swansea Bay. Born profoundly deaf,...
Attempting to summit three of south Wales’s highest mountains on the same day would be tough for most people but when you have Multiple Sclerosis, it...
Children living with disabilities are reaching new heights to overcome any perceived barriers to their being active and enjoying sport. Swansea Bay’s physiotherapy service organised a...
Giving elderly people in Swansea a cwtch after they have suffered a fall is helping to keep them out of hospital. But this isn’t a cwtch...
A senior nurse is taking patient safety into the digital era with the support of a charity named after the profession’s most famous leading light. Lisa...
A hospital team is saving people’s sight and cutting waiting times by training staff to undertake procedures previously only carried out by doctors. The medical retina...
A Swansea Bay assessment unit, for people with learning disabilities, has improved its facilities thanks to a new summer house. The addition, built in the grounds...
She has been an inspiration and one of her kind for almost 20 years. Now Britain’s first deaf clinical psychologist is hoping her journey can open...
Colleagues of a Swansea Bay nurse think she is ‘exceptional’ and a nationwide nursing charity agrees. As a result, Helen Eynon, Ward 6 manager at Singleton...
Swansea Bay University Health Board staff are going the extra mile to help raise funds for those affected by the conflict in Ukraine. Eighteen members of...
A former singer has been given his voice and his life back less than a year after a stroke that almost proved fatal. Richard Rees is...
Patients in Swansea Bay are benefiting from a new service which allows them to receive the care they need at home, avoiding admissions into hospital. A...
Hundreds of brand new single beds and mattresses which were urgently procured for the Covid-19 field hospitals in Swansea Bay will now be donated to people...
Methods including sealing babies in plastic bags to keep them warm have helped Singleton Hospital’s Neonatal Unit deliver top marks that significantly exceed the UK national...
Cutting-edge technology, supported by people’s generosity, has helped create customised devices to give disabled people more independence. A collaboration between Swansea Bay health board and Swansea...
A medical student has been inspired by the sounds of Morriston Hospital’s Emergency Department to create a piece of music aimed at soothing colleagues and patients....
Bluestone, Swansea Bay University Health Board and Tredz, are among the hundreds of Welsh organisations currently reaping the benefits of fully funded training. From business administration...
Two years on from the first national lockdown we are in a far better position to understand, help prevent and treat Covid thanks to the outstanding...
If, as Napoleon famously declared, an army marches on its stomach, Swansea Bay Health Board’s catering team deserves particular mention in despatches. The health board says...
Two children became trainee biomedical scientists for the day when they visited Morriston Hospital to find out what happens to their blood samples. Lexi Hughes and...
A retired hero policeman who was a key figure in foiling the attempted Millennium Dome heist has thanked the NHS for the “gold-standard service” he says...
The UK’s first hospital-owned solar farm has surpassed expectations by providing enough electricity to not only contribute to the daily power needs of Morriston Hospital in...
A highly specialised lung cancer treatment offering huge benefits to suitable patients will be launched at Swansea Bay’s Singleton Hospital this spring. The hospital is home...
A Swansea hospital has a lending library with a difference, stocking everything from artificial cats and relaxation discs to medicine safes and locks that sound an...
A long-serving volunteer is in the frame for well-deserved recognition of her many years of selfless service supporting patients in Swansea. Morfa Owen has made the...
A clinical team has been recognised for adapting the way staff cared for older people in care homes during the pandemic. The Neath Port Talbot Acute...
The health board’s Fabian Way drive-through Covid testing unit has moved to a new home in Port Talbot. The unit carried out around 94,000 tests, since...
A pioneering centre that provides a fast diagnosis for people with symptoms that could be cancer is expanding following a six-figure charity investment. The Rapid Diagnosis...
Burns experts at Morriston Hospital have produced a first aid video and poster campaign aimed at helping older people avoid becoming unwitting victims of the fuel...
A multi-million-pound investment has been announced at Swansea’s Singleton Hospital to tackle long waits for eye surgery. A new operating theatre dedicated to ophthalmology procedures is...
Making it easier for people to access fertility treatment is the aim of a new pilot programme in Swansea Bay due to start this spring. Fertility...
Welsh Government Health Minister, Eluned Morgan has visited the Bay Field Hospital, where Swansea Bay NHS’s Long Covid Rehabilitation Service is based, to talk to staff...
People suffering with long Covid symptoms are benefiting from getting out in the great outdoors as part of their ongoing recovery. A new walking group sees...
Swansea Bay University Health Board have said their vaccination team ‘has undergone an amicable parting of the ways’ with The Orangery at Margam. After delivering more...
Having flown out of Afghanistan, fearing for his life as the Taliban stormed Kabul, Mohamed Ferooz Noori is now helping save lives by working with Swansea...
A milk bank has been set up for the first time in Wales to help ill or premature babies and, over time, mothers facing feeding difficulties....
A service which sees specialist paramedics supporting people in their last days of life has been hailed as game-changing by a Swansea GP. Dr Chris Jones...
Healthy eating will soon take on a whole new meaning with exciting plans to develop a “farm” on land near Morriston Hospital. The health board has...
A schoolboy who lost his front teeth and suffered serious facial injuries in a holiday water park accident has had his smile restored thanks to Swansea...
Surgeons around the UK could be getting hands-on training for a life and limb-saving emergency procedure using a simulator created in Swansea. A team at Morriston...
A Swansea Bay surgeon will swap the operating theatre for the TV screen later this month when he appears on Channel 5’s Watercolour Challenge. Mr Shehzad...
A group of GP practices has launched a new scheme to help the environment by recycling inhalers that are no longer needed. The Upper Valleys Cluster,...
A group of GP practices in Swansea is helping the environment as well as its patients thanks to a new electric vehicle. The City Health Cluster,...
A plastic surgeon in Morriston Hospital has invented a specialist instrument for use in breast reconstruction surgery and named it the Swansea Retractor after the city...
The National Elf Service has brought some festive cheer to young patients on the children’s ward in Morriston Hospital. As it’s the busiest time of the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Three mental health nurses from Cefn Coed Hospital have turned to poetry to process their emotions of working through the pandemic. Maria Anderton, Dawn Griffin and...
People who’ve not yet had their first Covid-19 vaccination are being urged to get the jab now to get ready for the countdown to Christmas season....
Rugby giants the Ospreys have backed a Swansea Bay campaign to get as many men as possible aged under 40 vaccinated in Swansea and Neath Port...
Major plans for a new £132m life science, well-being and sports campuses project in Swansea that’s expected create over 1,000 jobs are gathering pace. The project...
People are being urged to take care when they are out socialising, as Covid cases are taking off again in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. Confirmed...
Video consultations, which was stepped up across health boards in Wales as part of the Welsh Government’s response to the Covid pandemic, have proven to be...
Music lovers from Swansea and Neath Port Talbot who attended the recent 50,000-strong Boardmasters music festival in Cornwall are being urged to get tested for Covid-19...
An online mental health and wellbeing service has seen a 141% increase in the number of people in the Swansea Bay University Health Board area seeking...
Community health and social care service providers in Swansea are alerting residents to expect short-term changes in the way community based support is delivered across the...
