Swansea Bay University Health Board
MAESTEG: Dad’s extraordinary fortnight — cancer surgery, a first grandchild and a walk down the aisle
Eleven days after a six-hour operation to remove a rapidly growing sarcoma from his shoulder, Lee Brain walked his daughter…
SUN SAFETY: One childhood sunburn can double melanoma risk — Swansea Bay’s skin cancer team on staying safe as the heat goes on
With the hot weather showing no sign of breaking, Swansea Bay's dermatology skin cancer team says cases are rising year…
HIP OP BACKLOG: With more than 3,000 on south-west Wales hip surgery waiting lists, new data reveals average waits still over a year
Freedom of Information figures show patients needing a hip replacement waited around 16 months on average at Swansea Bay University…
BRIDGEND: ‘You are not alone’ — the woman making ‘Bailey’s Bags’ of chemo essentials, handed over the day treatment is confirmed
Maria Bailey packed her own bag of essentials before her first chemotherapy session at Singleton — now she wants every…
HEALTH BOARD: First Minister ‘very, very aware’ of concern over Swansea Bay’s 800 job cuts — as MSs from three parties press him in the Senedd
Rhun ap Iorwerth urged the health board to ensure its workforce plans do not have a "detrimental impact" on patients…
HEALTH BOARD: Swansea Bay to cut up to 800 jobs in three-year bid to balance the books
Swansea Bay's health board says it plans to reduce its workforce by around 800 posts over three years — even…
HEALTH BOARD: Swansea Bay apologises again over maternity failings as it responds to Nottingham review
Swansea Bay's health board has issued a fresh apology to families who suffered "devastating and lifechanging outcomes" in its maternity…
HEALTH BOARD: Swansea Bay £112m in the red and failed by auditors — as payouts for blunders double in a year of scandals
Auditors are about to mark Swansea Bay's health board accounts as failing the rules, after it overspent by £112m and…
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…
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…