Health and Care
HEATWAVE: ‘Check on older neighbours — it could save a life,’ Wales urged as red warning peaks
Age Cymru and the Welsh Government are asking people to look in on elderly relatives and neighbours this week, warning…
LLANELLI: More NHS services moving to Pentre Awel — here’s what’s relocating and when
A string of NHS services for Llanelli patients are moving to the new Canolfan Pentre Awel over the coming weeks,…
MORRISTON: Hospital A&E ditches bottled water for jugs — saving more than £13,500 a year
Morriston Hospital's emergency department has swapped bottled water for jugs filled from a cold-water tap, in a switch the health…
SWANSEA: MBE news reaches cancer doctor 5,000 miles away as he teaches in India
A Swansea cancer consultant was more than 5,000 miles from home — teaching on a course in India — when…
PONTYATES: Campaigners back search for new GP team to secure future of Meddygfa’r Sarn
The Save Sarn Surgery group has welcomed plans to find an independent provider to run the practice from 2027 —…
TENBY: King’s medal for the Welsh Ambulance Service trailblazer — and Wales’ first female Consultant Paramedic
Paula Jeffery, who lives near Tenby, has been awarded the King's Ambulance Service Medal after nearly four decades of pioneering…
CARMARTHEN: ‘I read it three times’ — MBE for the hospice nurse who’s spent a career at the end of life
Kiera Jones, a Soul Midwife at Skanda Vale Hospice near Carmarthen, says she was incredulous when the letter arrived —…
MORRISTON: £1m heart surgery boost — after team kept ageing machines going with spare parts
Morriston Hospital's cardiac team had been keeping ageing heart and lung machines running by cannibalising one for spare parts. Now…
Touched by Cancer tournament aims to push charity over £200k fundraising milestone
Swansea Bay Health Charity hopes its second annual all‑women’s touch rugby tournament will help carry its cancer appeal past the…
CANCER CARE: Double win for Swansea Bay’s NHS innovators — and a third award comes to Hywel Dda
A new service supporting patients with long-term effects of radiotherapy and a Wales-wide workforce collaboration have both been honoured at…