Pembrokeshire CBD Centre has become the first high street CBD company in the country to be in partnership with Sapphire Clinic, a UK medical cannabis clinic....
As the UK marks the 23rd anniversary of the ban on the use and sale of asbestos (Thursday 24 November), the family of a contractor from...
The sooner you get tested for HIV, the sooner your condition can be treated if you prove positive. That’s the key message from Swansea Bay’s sexual...
Social media is negatively affecting the health of people from Swansea, according to new research into the nation’s habits from Money Expert. The survey which centred around...
A new clinic has drastically reduced the number of appointments needed for expectant mothers with epilepsy at one South West Wales health board. The epilepsy clinic,...
Work is now under way on high-tech new teaching facilities set to put Swansea University at the forefront of healthcare education. Believed to be the largest...
Welsh rugby legend Shane Williams is fronting a new campaign to urge the people of Wales to learn lifesaving CPR and defibrillation skills as a recent...
Drivers have been told to inform the DVLA if they suffer from a medical condition that could prevent them from getting behind the wheel. Experts from Quotezone.co.uk have...
Hywel Dda health board, which provides services in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion has had its intervention status escalated for failure to produce “balanced and approvable” plans...
An innovative approach to caring for Swansea Bay nursing home residents who have had a fall is now helping to keep them out of hospital. The...
A simple but potentially life-saving device to help kidney dialysis patients in an emergency has been gifted to Welsh Ambulance Service volunteers. More than 300 specially...
Former Glamorgan and England cricketer Robert Croft has paid tribute to the NHS’ team-work which he says kept his mother alive. Croft, who enjoyed an illustrious...
Living Streets Cymru, part of the UK charity behind the biggest walk to school campaign is encouraging families to leave the car at home as schools...
The unnecessary death of a much-loved relative has driven Bethel Ohanugo’s passion for improving healthcare in her native Nigeria. Now she has gained a place at...
Doctors in Wales have expressed their anger and disappointment following Welsh Government’s pay award announcement last month, with over half saying they are likely to leave...
A new service to help relieve irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms is now available to patients at GP practices across Swansea Bay. The service, run by...
The unusual weather this summer is causing issues for drivers that could result in fines or penalty points – adding to the mounting cost of living...
Swansea East MP, Carolyn Harris, one of the leading political voices on menopause support and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Menopause, has joined a...
Social work students will be eligible for greater financial support from September as part of an extra £3.5 million package of support, the Deputy Minister for...
High street chemist Boots, who own the Soltan sun cream brand have announced that they will no longer sell sun protection with an SPF lower than...
Staff at Werndale Hospital near Carmarthen have been recognised for the quality of their patient care. The prestigious ‘Private Hospital Group of the Year’ award is presented to an organisation...
The UK Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Register is not only celebrating a decade of vital data collection and research, it has also secured another £2 million of funding....
For over a decade, Maggie Higgins has made a big difference to the lives of people with learning difficulties and hearing loss – contributing to work...
Aldi is to add signs and symptoms of bowel cancer to all its packs of own brand toilet roll in response to Bowel Cancer UK’s #GetOnARoll...
Plans for a new Health and Well-being centre in Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, has been submitted to Welsh Government. Hywel Dda University Health Board say an integrated...
TWO high profile Welsh rugby players and an entrepreneur have completed a successful round of investment to support the relaunch of a fitness app that will...
A student at University of Wales Trinity St David is taking on UWTSD Swansea Triathlon on 28-29th May to raise vital funds for the British Heart Foundation...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed the legal requirement to wear a face covering in health and care settings will remain in place. Speaking after the...
After nine years of providing unrivalled support and care to the kidney community of Wales, the Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales, is changing its name...
Ambitious project ideas to reduce carbon emissions across NHS Wales will be granted a share of £2.4m as part of the Welsh Government’s climate change commitment....
Menstrual cycle education in UK schools is inconsistent and inadequate, and teachers feel they lack time, confidence, and subject knowledge, according to new research led by...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has confirmed Wales will extend the NHS Wales Bursary scheme to eligible healthcare students studying in the 2023-24 academic year. Student nurses,...
She has been an inspiration and one of her kind for almost 20 years. Now Britain’s first deaf clinical psychologist is hoping her journey can open...
A new review by Swansea University, working with the University of Kent and non-profit organisation, Autistic UK, has found that breastfeeding support from midwives and health...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has warned the health and social care system in Wales is currently under ‘extraordinary pressure’ as a result of a range of...
Adults in Swansea are being encouraged to get a free health check with the arrival of a mobile liver screening roadshow. The British Liver Trust’s Love Your...
A national robotic-assisted surgery programme allowing surgeons to perform complex procedures with more precision and control is being introduced in Wales, the Health Minister has announced....
HMT Sancta Maria Hospital is celebrating a successful first year in its new, purpose-built facility in SA1. Despite opening during the pandemic, the hospital has treated...
Do you suffer from Cyberchondria? Residents of Swansea rank amongst top 50 in UK for Googling their health symptoms. We reveal the cities that use Dr....
Burns experts at Morriston Hospital have produced a first aid video and poster campaign aimed at helping older people avoid becoming unwitting victims of the fuel...
Community groups in the Wales region that are helping local people look after their hearts can as of today (31st of January) apply for a £10,000 grant...
The first person to ever donate bone marrow in Wales is calling on more 17 to 30-year-olds to help fight against blood cancer ahead of World...
A Pembrokeshire dad-of-three has thanked the emergency services that helped save his life. In February, Dai Davies was getting ready for bed when he suddenly collapsed...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced new changes to the GP contract to help to improve access to appointments. The changes, which are backed by £12m...
Around one quarter of Welsh people expect to experience poor physical and/or mental health this Christmas, according to a survey of 2,000 people carried out by Censuswide for...
An innovative new procedure to relieve pressure in ears is being offered at HMT Sancta Maria Hospital. Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon, Mr Ameeth...
More than £170m extra a year is set to be invested in planned care across NHS Wales, Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced at the inaugural...
A joint statement from Hywel Dda Health Board, Welsh Ambulance Trust and Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion Councils is calling on families of recovering hospital patients to...
NHS Wales chief executive Andrew Goodall has warned the dual challenge of the Covid pandemic and other respiratory viruses will make this winter ‘one of the...
The Armed Forces will begin to support the Welsh Ambulance Service from today. Fifty troops from 4 Regiment Royal Logistic Corp will drive ambulances across Wales...
People in Swansea have been thanked for contributing towards the £1million raised forthree life-saving charities as part of Tesco’s ‘Helping you to live healthier’ initiative. Tesco...
The average age of a policy holder is down by 20% in the past year The average age of those investing in private medical insurance (PMI)...
A SUPER-fit cycling enthusiast who had a sudden cardiac arrest in his sleep survived thanks to the actions of his quick-thinking wife. Jennifer Dunne was woken...
A state-of-the-art stroke unit offering 24-7 emergency care could be developed at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital. The health board is developing a proposal for what’s known as...
A sculpture has been unveiled at the National Botanic Garden of Wales as part of Organ Donation Week. The special event was held to raise awareness of organ...
Almost £25m will be invested in up to four new PET-CT scanners across Wales to improve access to this cutting edge diagnostic technology. The new Positron...
A new drug with potential lifesaving qualities has been approved for use in NHS England but not the Welsh health service. Anti-cholesterol drug inclisiran, a twice-yearly...
Leading charities have linked-up with Tesco to launch a campaign that aims to raise much-needed funds to help people in Swansea lead healthier lives. Tesco stores...
A Swansea University initiative dedicated to creating the next generation of Welsh medical professionals has been given a major boost by Welsh Government. It released £700,000...
Older people in care homes in Wales will benefit from new facilities and improved services with the help of a £4 million investment in the first...
Overweight men in Swansea will now have a new way to lose the pounds thanks to an innovative new concept launching in Swansea this month. MAN...
NHS services across the UK are affected by an international shortage of blood collection tubes used for taking some blood samples (blood tests). In a UK-wide...
The Welsh Blood Service is calling on existing donors and those who have never given blood before to help patients in need at Singleton and Morriston...
Last month saw the longest waiting lists for NHS treatment and the worst A&E waiting times on record for Wales, leading worries from the Conservatives that...
A Swansea-based jeweller has seen his eyesight transformed by a cataract procedure, allowing him to continue designing and making jewellery from his workshop on Oxford Street....
A Hywel Dda Consultant Radiologist voices how COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of creating a community for Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff. Hashim Samir, Iraqi-born,...
Improving working conditions for health and care workers after the pandemic has to be part of a wider project to give all its worker fair play,...
The Welsh Government has announced an expansion to their flu vaccination programme this Autumn with all over 50s and all secondary school pupils to get the...
A world-leading £2.5 million plus research programme to revolutionise surgeons’ ability to reconstruct nose and ear cartilage in patients affected by facial difference has been launched...
FFP3 masks are thought to be up to a hundred percent effective at preventing infection with Covid-19 Plaid Cymru is calling for the Welsh Government to...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has agreed a 3% pay rise for all NHS staff, as she today accepted the recommendations of the pay review bodies in...
Aberavon Beach has become a safer place thanks to the selfless dedication of two friends who have both been touched by heart disease. Thomas Richards, a...
A lifesaving programme to help improve survival rates after a cardiac arrest is being supported with almost £2.5m over the next three years by the Welsh...
Welsh Government Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Lynne Neagle has unveiled an updated All Wales Weight Management Pathway which supports the development and delivery...
Former Swansea City star and USA international footballer Jordan Morris is teaming up with Swansea University to discuss how he manages to combine a career in...
More people may be eligible to donate blood or platelets today in Wales on World Blood Donor Day (Monday 14 June) following changes to the eligibility...
Children, young people and their families will get help to manage their weight when a unique new service launches in Swansea Bay later this year. It...
Almost half of people in Swansea are missing out on accessing immediate and appropriate health care, according to a new survey. The YouGov survey has revealed...
A Port Talbot mum whose child imagined the Covid virus was “like a giant, scary T-Rex” has written a picture book designed to help youngsters overcome...
Swansea-based kidney charity, the Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales, are calling for entries for its first ever photographic charity calendar, which they are launching in memory of one of the charity’s valued and much-missed volunteer...
The new Chief Nursing Officer for Wales (CNO) has been confirmed as Sue Tranka, who will join the Welsh Government in summer 2021. Sue’s appointment follows...
Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi has announced that she has been re-elected chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC)...
A Llandovery woman who survived cancer following a diagnosis at the beginning of the pandemic is urging people not to allow fear of coronavirus to stop...
A bike trailer created by the Cerebra Innovation Centre at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) in Swansea has given a young boy a new taste...
More funding for Wales’ specialist mental health service focused exclusively on military veterans, additional funding for Armed Forces Liaison Officers and a new resettlement guide to...
A Statutory Code of Practice aimed at improving awareness and accessibility of autism services across Wales will be laid before the Senedd today (24 March). The...
Welsh Government Health Minister, Vaughan Gething has published a plan, supported by an initial £100m funding, to help the health and care system in Wales to...
HMT Sancta Maria Hospital has appointed Helen Rees-Byrne as its new Finance and Commercial Manager. Helen joins the Senior Leadership Team at the hospital which has...
Triggers for self-harm and poor mental health are aggravated by pandemic restrictions, according to experts. They have now issued a stark warning about the effects of...
Residents across Wales who think someone is selling illegal tobacco can now report it anonymously, thanks to a new campaign. Trading Standards Wales has joined forces...
More than £6.5million is being invested in combatting obesity and diabetes in Wales, in a bid to support those most likely to be severely affected by...
British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF), a Kent-based sight loss charity that provides free, specially adapted audio equipment to those living with sight loss, is...
Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced a new £700k fund to provide specialist Microprocessor Controlled Prosthetic Knees (MPK) to eligible patients. Currently the MPK’s are available...
Campaigners celebrated victory last night as Wales joined England and Scotland in finally making the teaching of life saving skills a requirement of the new school...
New research by Swansea scientists in collaboration with scientists at the University of Bristol and the Francis Crick institute in London has indicated that consuming a diet...
Cardiac patients who also have diabetes will be able to do their rehabilitation exercises more safely, thanks to the world’s first guidance on the subject, which...
An extra £25m investment will help the NHS to continue the move to more digital services, Health and Social Services Minister Vaughan Gething said today. The...
A new state-of-the-art Wellness Centre is coming to Swansea’s High Street thanks to a partnership between Swansea Bay University Health Board and Coastal Housing Group. The...
Figures released today (January 21) show that some 530,371 patients were – by the end of November 2020 – waiting to start treatment are the worst on...
