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Dr Sowndarya Shivaraj and Lorraine Thomas standing beside a health monitoring machine at Princess Street Surgery, Gorseinon.
blood pressure monitor

New health monitors installed in local GP surgeries

Patients in Gowerton, Penclawdd, Gorseinon, Loughor and surrounding areas can now check their blood pressure and weight in GP waiting…

Three people in blue hard hats and yellow high‑visibility vests holding a spade at a ceremonial ground‑breaking in front of a CAT excavator.
Cancer

£14 million Singleton Hospital development to transform cancer diagnoses

Work has begun on a £14 million project at Singleton Hospital in Swansea that will revolutionise the way cancer and…

crop ethnic client discussing problems with anonymous psychologist
Big Mental Health Report

One in three GP mental health appointments in Wales ‘failed to meet needs’, Mind Cymru survey finds

More than a third of people in Wales say their last GP appointment for mental health support did not meet…

white hospital beds
complaints

NHS Wales complaints system overhaul approved by Senedd

The Senedd has approved sweeping reforms to the way complaints are handled in NHS Wales.

BBC presenter Owain Wyn Evans wearing a hospital gown in Cardiff’s Llandough Hospital after emergency gallbladder surgery.
Ammanford

Ammanford’s Owain Wyn Evans recovering after emergency surgery

BBC Radio 2 presenter Owain Wyn Evans has told fans he is recovering in hospital after undergoing emergency surgery to…

Swansea Bay hospitals made over £153,000 profit from vending machine sales last year, FOI reveals.
British Medical Association

£300k of sweets and fizzy drinks sold in Swansea Bay hospitals, FOI reveals

Hospital shops and vending machines across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot sold nearly £319,000 worth of confectionery and sugary drinks…

Illustrative photo of a mother and daughter at university departure, used to reflect Swansea mum Angharad’s empty nest story. Not the actual family.
Empty Nest

Swansea mum shares empty nest grief as survey finds most parents track children after leaving for university

A new survey reveals 85% of parents expect their children to move back home after university, with a Swansea mum…

Generic stock photo of a pharmacist looking at medicines on a shelf, used to illustrate pharmacy services.
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Morriston Jhoots Pharmacy crisis: staff unpaid for weeks and no pharmacist on site, says MP

Swansea West MP Torsten Bell has called for urgent enforcement action after staff at Jhoots Pharmacy in Morriston reported going…

Portrait of Mandy Smith, 53, from Pembrokeshire, who is sharing her experience of living with secondary breast cancer as part of the ‘Truth Be Told’ awareness campaign.
Breast Cancer

Pembrokeshire woman backs national campaign to raise awareness of secondary breast cancer

Mandy Smith, 53, is sharing her personal experience of living with incurable secondary breast cancer to support a new UK‑wide…

Shaun Greaney, Lliedi councillor and defibrillator campaigner, pictured with his brother Ian next to a publicly accessible defibrillator in Hedley Terrace, Llanelli.
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Councillor saves man with CPR in Llanelli town centre

Defibrillator campaigner and Lliedi councillor Shaun Greaney used lifesaving skills learned on a town council course to revive an unconscious…