Health and Care
PRINCE PHILIP HOSPITAL: Town council calls for Llanelli stroke unit to become ‘centre of excellence’ amid shake-up fears
Llanelli Town Council wants Prince Philip Hospital's stroke unit strengthened rather than scaled back, as Hywel Dda consults on a…
MORRISTON: The scrub nurse who has served the NHS for 52 years — and was handed her qualification by the future King
A supermarket chat at 17 set Anita Steel on a path to more than half a century in NHS theatres…
NHS DENTIST: New practice to open in Neath as contract reforms reshape access across Swansea Bay
A new NHS dental practice is set to open in Neath town centre early next year, as a health board…
PARAMEDIC JOBS: Welsh Government to hold emergency summit after 82 newly qualified paramedics left with no posts
The Welsh Government has confirmed it will convene a summit this month over the shortage of jobs for newly qualified…
GORSEINON: Opticians to divert old glasses from landfill with new recycling initiative
Ahead of World Environment Day (5 June), Specsavers Gorseinon has introduced a new recycling initiative, giving customers a simple way…
PONTYATES: “Our community has been heard” — campaigners celebrate as Meddygfa’r Sarn is saved from closure
The campaigners who fought to save Meddygfa’r Sarn have hailed a “major victory” after Hywel Dda University Health Board set…
PONTYATES: Health board agrees to explore independent GPs for Meddygfa’r Sarn in major U-turn — as campaigners say closure should never have been on the table
Hywel Dda University Health Board has agreed to test whether independent GPs could take over Meddygfa’r Sarn in Pontyates —…
GORSEINON: Victory for the ‘Pressure Cookers’ in charity cook off
Staff and residents at Awel y Mor care home in Gorseinon are over the moon because their fabulous Managing Director,…
MUMBLES: Opticians take on new training role to improve local eye care and ease NHS pressure
A Mumbles opticians is helping ease pressure on NHS eye services by joining a training programme that enables more eye…
CARDIFF: Metallica team up with Welsh Blood Service for first-ever UK collaboration — with special donation sessions running before and after rock giants’ Principality Stadium gig
The Welsh Blood Service has signed a unique collaboration with Metallica that will see special donation sessions running for a…