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...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has strongly condemned the behaviour of those members of the public who abuse NHS staff. The health board has revealed that...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is closely monitoring the situation at Llandovery Community Hospital and Amman Valley Hospital, both in Carmarthenshire, where a number of patients...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) is making an urgent plea for registered health care professionals to join its COVID-19 immunisation team. It comes as the...
Earlier this year the Welsh Government committed to the roll-out of Wales’ largest ever influenza vaccination programme to protect people from the risks of flu. The...
A ground breaking out-of-hours mental health service for adults is being piloted in Pembrokeshire. Following on from the success of the Twilight Sanctuary in Llanelli, Hywel...
Flu vaccination sessions specifically for domiciliary care workers and residential care home staff in the county are being held for the first time. Carmarthenshire County Council...