A new study led by researchers at Swansea University has revealed that potentially only one in three pregnant women in Wales would actually have the Covid-19...
A Swansea Bay NHS worker who faces an uncertain future having developed complications following Covid is urging people to get the autumn booster vaccination. Piers Meynell...
The roll-out of the autumn Covid-19 booster has started today (Thursday 1 September) in Wales with care home residents and staff across Wales the first to...
Eligible adults in Wales have begun to be invited for their COVID-19 autumn booster this week, with brand new Moderna Omicron jab being offered. The Welsh...
A new COVID vaccination centre for Port Talbot is opening at Aberavon Shopping Centre. Situated next door to B&M, near the river bridge entrance, Swansea Bay...
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...
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a sixth COVID-19 vaccine, after the product by French pharmaceutical company Valneva was found to...
Spring Covid-19 booster vaccinations are being rolled out in Wales from this week. The latest phase of the vaccination programme will see the over-75s, older care...
98 personnel have been made available to support the Covid-19 vaccine booster programme in Wales. Armed Forces will be working to support the Department of Health...
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...
The drive to deliver Covid booster vaccines across Swansea Bay as rapidly as possible has itself been boosted by community pharmacies. All 49 GP practices in...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) celebrated veterans with unique wreaths on Remembrance Day created by the VC Gallery in Haverfordwest. The wreaths were made using...
This week, First Minister Mark Drakeford, got his flu vaccination and encouraged others to take up the offer this winter to help keep people safe and...
Swansea Bay University Health Board say they are making it easier for older people to get their Covid-19 booster vaccinations with the use of converted shipping...
Swansea Bay health board have announced two new free bus routes to help people get to the mass vaccination centre at the Bay Field Hospital from...
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...
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...
People eligible for booster COVID-19 vaccinations and flu jabs are encouraged to take up the offer ahead of a challenging winter for NHS Wales, the Health...
As 12 to 15-year-olds across Wales start to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations, the Welsh Health Minister today (4 October) confirmed they will all be offered a...
New research by a Swansea University expert has highlighted how torn members of the public are over the issue of Covid-19 booster vaccines and the flu...
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Frank Atherton is appealing to pregnant women to accept their COVID-19 vaccine when offered. This follows the rise in...
Frontline NHS staff working in North Wales have become the first people in Wales to receive their Covid-19 booster vaccines, as the programme started in Wales...
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...
People who’ve not yet had their first Covid-19 vaccination are being urged to get the jab now to get ready for the countdown to Christmas season....
Rugby giants the Ospreys have backed a Swansea Bay campaign to get as many men as possible aged under 40 vaccinated in Swansea and Neath Port...
A Tesco pharmacy in Swansea is offering flu jabs in store from this month in an attempt to boost uptake in the local area. The pharmacy,...
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...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan encourages everyone to take up their offer of a Covid vaccine, with confirmation that all 16 and 17 year olds in Wales...
Welsh rap group, Goldie Lookin’ Chain, today released their latest track, designed to encourage people to get their COVID vaccine. The new single Get The Jab Done, which...
New research by a Swansea University expert has highlighted just how torn members of the public are over whether children should be offered Covid-19 vaccines. The...
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...
All adults who have been fully-vaccinated will no longer have to self-isolate if they are identified as close contacts of someone with coronavirus from 7 August,...
A fifth of adults under 40 in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot have still not had their first dose of a Covid vaccine. Director of Public...
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...
Three quarters of people in Wales have now had both doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan has announced....
Young adults in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are being warned about the risk of developing long Covid if they do not get vaccinated. Getting two...
The 500,000th COVID-19 vaccine was given this weekend, with more than 72% of the population across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire now having had their first dose....
Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed the reopening of Trimsaran Surgery in Carmarthenshire, following its temporary use as a COVID-19 and flu vaccination centre for patients of...
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...
Swansea Council’s contact tracing and IT teams are making it possible for Welsh people who have an essential reason to travel internationally to get vaccination certificates...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is thanking Tenovus Cancer Care for making its mobile support unit available for COVID-19 vaccinations to be delivered in Pembrokeshire. The health board...
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...
All over-18s will be offered a Covid vaccine by the start of next week, as First Minister Mark Drakeford praised the people behind Wales’ world-leading vaccination...
The UK Government has announced that a fourth COVID vaccine has been approved for use by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after meeting the...
It’s big, it’s bold, it’s becoming a familiar sight in Swansea Bay and now the Immbulance, the vaccination clinic on wheels, has made the Port Talbot...
A highly-specialised clinic has been opened so those at risk of rare and potentially life-threatening allergic reactions can have the Covid vaccine just like everyone else....
More than two million people in Wales have said yes to a Covid-19 vaccine in Wales, latest figures reveal. The official figures also show that almost...
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...
Volunteers from Swansea were the first in Europe to come forward to take part in an international clinical trial of a new Covid-19 vaccine. The Medicago...
As millions more people of working age are being offered the Covid-19 vaccination, lawyers at Irwin Mitchell are predicting a rise in employment tribunal claims. The...
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...
A Swansea grandmother who was the first baby born under the NHS more than 70 years ago has thanked its staff for still delivering an excellent...
Swansea Bay University Health Board has thanked the military for its invaluable support in establishing the area’s vaccination programme. The Vaccination Support Force (VSF), mostly drawn...
In a statement, the Welsh Government say they have accepted the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice that people over 16 who live with individuals with severely...
Swansea Bay University Health Board has said that so many people had asked to join their reserve list for COVID-19 vaccinations that they’ve set up an...
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....
Swansea Bay University Health Board has announced that they are currently two weeks ahead of their original COVID-19 vaccination plan in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot,...
New research finds no cases of a rare blood disorder have been identified in the COVID-19 vaccinated population of Wales. A rapid evaluation of the Welsh...
Two Swansea pharmacies have begun giving Covid vaccinations today (Wednesday, March 31st) under a pilot scheme. A third will begin this weekend. The vaccines are given...
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....
Sir Lenny Henry has written an open letter to encourage Black Britons to take the COVID-19 vaccine, signed by some of the most high-profile names in...
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...
Hollywood star Michael Sheen has lent his voice to a new NHS animation created to combat anti- Covid vaccine sentiment. News of the video comes just...
A vaccination clinic on wheels was parked outside a mosque so eligible members could be vaccinated. The innovative idea has been used to help address lower...
Representatives of the Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot have come together to launch a local campaign to dispel...
Two sisters, who have been on the primary care frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic, are calling on fellow black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) community members...
People who are or have recently experienced homelessness in Wales are to be offered a Covid vaccination as part of priority group 6, Health Minister Vaughan...
One million people across Wales have had at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, meaning almost 40% of the adult population now have a level...
Unpaid carers who may not be registered as an unpaid carer with their GP are being asked to come forward by completing a new online self-referral...
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...
Dialysis patients attending Bronglais, Glangwili and Withybush hospitals are among the first in-centre dialysis patients to receive their COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. Since the start...
One million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered across Wales and more than one in three of the Welsh adult population have received at...
Sixty-six-year-old Linda Sanders became the first person to receive an injection in a new vaccination clinic on wheels. The Primark worker from Clase in Swansea boarded...
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...
Welsh Health Minister, Vaughan Gething, has announced expanded COVID testing and a faster vaccine roll-out. He confirmed Wales will aim to offer the vaccine to all...
Swansea University paramedic students have received their coronavirus vaccine as they continue to work on the NHS frontline. The students say they are delighted they have...
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...
First Minister Mark Drakeford today praised the thousands of NHS staff and volunteers vaccinating people for their phenomenal effort as the first milestone in Wales’ vaccination...
“Join with us, and help to become part of the solution by taking the vaccine and encouraging others in your communities to do so”. Vaughan Gething...
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service are collaborating with Hywel Dda University Health Board to with the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine to...
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...
A new chapter is being written in the story of the fight back against Covid with the conversion of a former mobile library into a vaccination...
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...
A new shuttle bus service has been set up to help residents without easy access to cars to get to the Bay hospital for their vaccinations...
American vaccine company Novavax has published positive data from a UK phase 3 study of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, showing it to be 89.3% effective in...
A revised and updated coronavirus testing strategy has been published today (Thursday 28 January) by Health Minister Vaughan Gething. The original testing strategy was published in...
Heartless fraudsters are offering false COVID vaccines in a bid to cheat others out of their hard-earned cash, and make money from a pandemic in which...
A new Mass Vaccination Centre (MVC) has opened in Swansea, which the health board says will increase the number of people being protected. Canolfan Gorseinon Centre,...
The Welsh Conservatives’ Older People’s Champion – Janet Finch-Saunders MS – has urged the Welsh Government to adhere to its original vaccination timescales as a means...
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...
During First Minister’s Question’s yesterday (January 19), Paul Davies MS – the Leader of the Opposition in the Welsh Parliament questioned the readiness of the Welsh...
NHS and council leaders have written to every householder in the Swansea Bay area to highlight action being taken to vaccinate the most vulnerable in our...
An open letter by Community Pharmacies Wales calls for more engagement from Welsh Government to speed up the roll-out of COVID vaccinations in Wales. It comes...
