Health and Care
Worm researcher from Llanelli wins £110,000 scholarship to study how medicines pollute our rivers
Ben Williams thought he was just applying for a scholarship. He ended up becoming one of only four people in…
‘I told them she was nine months pregnant and she might die’ — Swansea mum gives birth in A&E during cardiac emergency
A Swansea mother has given birth in Morriston Hospital’s emergency department after suffering a cardiac emergency in labour, with her…
Gorseinon Hospital bosses make personal pledge to councillors: ‘We are not closing this hospital’
Swansea Bay University Health Board’s Chair and Chief Executive have given councillors personal assurances that Gorseinon Hospital will not close,…
‘We need action. We need jobs. We need answers’ — Welsh student nurses face unemployment after 2,300 hours of unpaid training
Student nurses in Carmarthen have written an open letter warning they face unemployment after 2,300 hours of unpaid training, as…
Welsh weather presenter Ruth Dodsworth backs new domestic abuse booklets — “I wish they had existed when I was being abused”
Welsh weather presenter Ruth Dodsworth, a domestic abuse survivor, has backed a new bilingual resource launched by a South Wales…
PRODUCT RECALL: Parents urged to stop children using Smyths Toys dig kits immediately after asbestos contamination fears
Parents are being urged to stop their children playing with a range of popular dig-and-discover toys sold at Smyths Toys…
CARE AWARD: Mumbles and Pontardawe care homes named in Wales Top 20 — rated by residents and their families
Brynfield Manor in Mumbles and Cwm Cartref in Pontardawe have both been named in the carehome.co.uk Top 20 Care Homes…
CARMARTHEN: Glangwili Hospital faces £82m repair backlog as Wales-wide NHS maintenance bill nears £1bn
The bill for urgent NHS repairs in Wales has risen 71% in four years to nearly £1bn — with Hywel…
PONTYATES SURGERY: Senedd candidate Carl Peters-Bond joins campaign to save Meddygfa’r Sarn as pressure on health board mounts
Independent Senedd candidate and Kidwelly Town Mayor Carl Peters-Bond has added his voice to the campaign to save Pontyates GP…
NHS DENTISTRY: Nine-year-old waited two years for treatment — then was seen within days after dentist used rapid advice service
A child in the Hywel Dda health board area waited nearly two years for orthodontic treatment before her dentist used…