Plans to turn Carmarthen’s former Debenhams store into a health, wellbeing and cultural services venue have been submitted to the county’s planning authority by developer Bouygues...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s play teams at Glangwilli, Bronglais and Withybush hospitals have been recognised as runners up of Play Team of the Year at...
Staff and patients are set for a boost with the news of an upgrade of Glangwili’s X-ray facilities. Hywel Dda University Health Board has been fortunate...
A new stained glass window has been dedicated during a special service at St Luke’s Chapel in Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest. The window was funded by Springboard...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has recruited 45 international nurses and says it plans to increase this number significantly over the coming months. Hywel Dda say...
Hywel Dda and Swansea Bay University Health Boards have both issued a warning of a major computer outage that is that is used to refer patients...
Work is nearing completion on the new Day Surgery Unit at Prince Philip Hospital, in Llanelli, which the health board says will help reduce surgical waiting...
Glangwili Hospital has become the first in Wales to administer a new medication that will help patients suffering from osteoporosis. It was approved by the National Institute...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s (UHB) first solar farm has been installed at Hafan Derwen, located on the Parc Dewi Sant site in Carmarthen. The 1,098...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed that restrictions for people visiting patients will be lifted in Glangwili and Withybush hospitals from Wednesday 20 July 2022....
Two nurses from Hywel Dda University Health Board have been selected from hundreds of entries as finalists at the RCN Nursing Awards. Learning disability health facilitation nurse,...
Hywel Dda University Health Board have said that all staff and visitors to Prince Philip Hospital must wear face masks (unless exempt) with immediate effect following...
All staff and visitors to Glangwili Hospital must wear face masks (unless exempt) with immediate effect due to the increasing prevalence of COVID-19 in the community,...
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...
Margaret Street Practice has applied to Hywel Dda Health board to close its branch surgery in Tycroes. The surgery in Tycroes has been closed since February...
Four midwives had special reason to celebrate this year’s International Day of the Midwife – it saw them being the first ever winners of a prestigious...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) has extended the free shuttle bus service between Llanelli town centre and the mass vaccination centre in Dafen to help...
A brand new £2.2m state-of-the-art CT scanner has been installed at Glangwili General Hospital in Carmarthen The scanner, which has been funded by a Welsh Government...
The drive-through Mass Vaccination Centre (MVC) and community testing unit at the Showground in Carmarthen permanently closed on Wednesday 23 March 2022. The Showground MVC was the...
A brand-new clinical research centre has opened at Carmarthen’s Glangwili Hospital, providing access to new research opportunities to patients in west Wales. Hywel Dda University Health...
Public Health Wales and Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) are urging people who have been contacted as part of the Llwynhendy tuberculosis (TB) outbreak to...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s first solar farm will be installed at its Carmarthen site. Work has begun on creating the solar farm at Parc Dewi...
A West Wales health board is calling for patients who have emergency problems with their eyes to visit their local Opticians and Optometrist. Hywel Dda University...
Plans are in hand to formally take Llanelli’s Ysbyty Enfys Selwyn Samuel through its decommissioning phase ahead of being returned to town council ownership later this...
The former Debenhams department store in St Catherine’s Walk has been revealed as the preferred location for a new Carmarthen Hwb, which Carmarthenshire Council say will...
A new specialist unit to care for some of the most vulnerable newborn babies has officially opened at Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen. The new Special Care Baby...
An outline business case for the development of a Wellbeing Centre to be based in Cross Hands is to be resubmitted to Welsh Government, Hywel Dda...
Machynys Golf Club Ladies Section have aced their fundraising yet again this year by raising over £4,000 for the Urology Department and Breast Care Unit at...
Cavegirl Fitness Training Group has raised over £5,000 for the Chemotherapy Day Unit at Glangwili Hospital by hosting an All Girl Tractor Run in July 2021....
Work has begun to build two new operating theatres at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli in a bid to tackle surgical waiting lists and ease pressures across...
A free shuttle bus service from Llanelli town centre to the mass vaccination centre in Dafen will begin on Monday 20 December to help people receive their...
A memorial bench has been placed in the Pharmacy’s Quadrant of Prince Philip Hospital in memory of Porter Paul Maulkin, who sadly died this year. Paul’s...
A £50,000 state-of-the-art prostate biopsy machine has been purchased for use at Glangwili and Prince Philip hospitals, thanks to charitable donations to local urology services, including...
Moondance Cancer Initiative has awarded just over £400,000 to seven innovative projects across north and west Wales to improve cancer services. The Moondance Cancer Initiative Innovation...
Heart patients across West Wales are piloting innovative new technology that allows clinicians to monitor their health and recovery from the comfort of their home. In...
Hywel Dda health board which runs health services in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion has said that they are temporarily suspending non-essential visiting to all of their...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has appointed two Arts in Health Co-ordinators who will help promote and encourage the use of the arts in healthcare across...
A new state-of-the-art MRI scanner has been installed at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest thanks to a 3.3million pound investment from Welsh Government. Replacing the hospital’s previous...
Hywel Dda University Health Board will undertake a review of potential sites as part of the ongoing process to identify a suitable location for a new hospital....
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...
People aged 12 and over living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire with severely weakened immune systems at the time of their first and/or second COVID-19 vaccines...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has announced that Withybush Hospital is closing to all visitors with immediate effect due to increased cases of COVID-19 in the...
People who visit their GP with non-specific but concerning symptoms could be referred into a new clinic that aims to detect those who may have cancer....
Pembrokeshire couple Chris Williams and Suzanne Evans raised £2,000 for Withybush Hospital by staging a truck show at the county showground. The Celtic Truck Show attracted more than 150...
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...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is finalising its preparations to deliver the Autumn booster programme and offer 12–15-year-olds a coronavirus vaccine across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire....
Residents living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire are being urged to check their vaccination card and come forward this week for their second Moderna vaccine if...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed that its COVID-19 mobile vaccination unit, in partnership with Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, will be at Folly Farm...
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,...
A Pembrokeshire father and his nine-year-old son set themselves a seven-day cycling challenge to raise money for Carmarthen’s Glangwili Hospital. Martin Edwards and Celt cycled 100...
A new Macmillan Information and Support Centre has opened at the entrance to Hywel Dda University Health Board’s Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest to help those looking...
To allow the Ffwrnes theatre to reopen as an entertainment venue, Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed that it is moving Llanelli’s mass vaccination centre...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s mobile vaccination van is heading to Ammanford from Wednesday 28 to Saturday 31 July. The mobile vaccination clinic will be based...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s mobile vaccination van, in partnership with Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, will be located in two community locations in...
Vaccination centres across many parts of Wales will be open for walk-in appointments from this weekend as the Health Minister makes a call to all adults...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is providing dedicated sessions at its mass vaccination centres to provide extra support for people who may find it difficult to...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) are winding down their remaining COVID-19 field hospital at Ysbyty Enfys Selwyn Samuel in Llanelli. The health board confirmed that...
The COVID-19 vaccine has given hope to the Sanders family following a year of significant change for their youngest son. John Sanders, 46 from Llandeilo was...
More than £25m is being invested in new imaging equipment to ensure the NHS in Wales has access to the latest technology to help speed up...
Nurses in South Pembrokeshire and Withybush hospitals are the first in Wales to go live with a new digital Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) leading the way...
Twenty-five families with children who have life-limiting and life-threatening conditions are set to enjoy fun-filled trips to either Bluestone or Folly Farm. The gift for the...
This week marked the end of a hugely successful partnership between Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and Hywel Dda University Health Board, initiated...
Assaults on emergency workers in Wales are on the rise, new data has revealed. More than 4,240 assaults were committed against emergency workers, including police, fire...
Hywel Dda University Health Board, which covers Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion, has opened a consultation on their plans to downgrade existing hospital facilities in Llanelli, Carmarthen...
Mind Pembrokeshire has introduced ‘Mums Matter’, a service for new mothers struggling with mild to moderate mental health issues during the perinatal period across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) is asking anyone aged over 30 living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire to contact them if they have not yet...
Practice staff from Tenby Surgery, a Hywel Dda University Health Board managed practice, were delighted to return to Caldey Island by boat this morning to offer...
The third Covid-19 vaccine is being rolled-out across Wales from today (Wednesday 7 April) with patients in Carmarthenshire becoming the first in the UK to receive it....
A stunning new wall-mounted floral display has blossomed outside Haverfordwest’s Withybush Hospital. It’s all thanks to local company Puffin Produce, owners of the ‘Blas y Tir’...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is asking anyone who received the Pfizer vaccine and has not received a second vaccine appointment yet, to get in touch....
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...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is to decommission three Covid-19 Field Hospitals. – Ysbyty Enfys Scarlets at Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli– Ysbyty Enfys Carreg Las at...
The main entrance of Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen will be temporarily closed for five weeks as part of ongoing work to improve maternity facilities at the...
Health board says it is ‘confident’ that delays in Oxford vaccine deliveries will not affect ability to vaccinate first 9 priority groups by mid-April. Following the...
The Welsh Government will fund a bonus payment for NHS and social care staff to recognise their extraordinary contribution during the covid-19 pandemic, the Health Minister...
Hywel Dda health board has written to all patients who have been on a waiting list for up to 52 weeks to establish whether they still...
An additional mass vaccination centre will open at the United Counties Showground in Carmarthen on Monday 8 March 2021 to support the delivery of Hywel Dda...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is urging patients to continue attending important heart scans and tests, amid concerns that many are putting their health at risk...
Every person in JCVI priority groups 5 to 9 will be offered a COVID-19 vaccination by 18 April, Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed. While...
Swansea Bay and Hywel Dda health boards are trialling new expanded testing criteria – with people suffering from a whole range of other symptoms being encouraged...
New regulations are coming in on 1st March which will make it illegal to smoke in hospital grounds. While a voluntary ban has been in place across...
One of Hywel Dda UHB’s workforce received an extra special phone call this week from His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Head of Recruitment and...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) is thanking the many partner organisations and people who have helped implement the COVID-19 vaccination programme – the biggest vaccination...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed that despite improvements in the rate of COVID-19 infections across communities in Carmarthenshire in recent weeks, they continue to...
Work on new neonatal facilities at Glangwili Hospital, part of £25.2 million maternity improvements at the hospital, has continued throughout the pandemic with the new Special...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is asking people in vaccine priority groups 1 to 3 living in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion to get in touch as...
As high proportions of the first three priority groups have received or been booked in for their COVID-19 vaccinations in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire; the vaccine...
Maria Battle, the chair of Hywel Dda Health Board talks about the roll-out of COVID vaccinations in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. “People are naturally tired and...
Preseli MP Stephen Crabb has continued his calls for a mass vaccination centre in Pembrokeshire, as the vaccine rollout plan shifts towards GP surgery delivery. Following...
Ysbyty Enfys Carreg Las field hospital in Pembrokeshire is now operational and accepting patients says Hywel Dda University Health Board. The extra capacity site at the...
More people in the Hywel Dda area will start to be called in for COVID-19 vaccinations as a result of recent news that the new Oxford/AstraZeneca...
Three health boards will receive more than £10m in Welsh Government funding this year and next, to install new solar energy measures and help them improve...
Sharon Geggus, a community midwife from Llanelli is home for the holidays after a three month battle with coronavirus. Sharon began to feel unwell in September,...
Will Jones, aged 17 from Carmarthen, was recently presented with a national #TeenHero award by BBC Radio 1’s Greg James in recognition of his work and...
With Christmas fast approaching and Covid 19 cases on the rise, people are being urged to visit their local pharmacist for minor conditions rather than contacting...
Hywel Dda Health Board, which provides services in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion, warns their hospitals have consistently been operating at the highest levels of emergency pressure...
Organisations at the frontline of the west Wales response to COVID-19 have warned that our communities are in the eye of the storm as we face...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is appealing for public support as its hospitals are operating under extreme pressure. Whilst high levels of activity are usual in...
History was made in Hywel Dda UHB this morning as patient-facing staff from across the Health Board were among the first in the world to receive...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) has announced it will transfer all patients currently being treated at Llandovery Community Hospital, in Llandovery, to Amman Valley Hospital, in...