100-day plans to improve cancer services across Wales
Every health board in Wales has produced a 100-day plan to improve cancer services and waiting times, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething announced today.
The...
“Modern miracle” of Wales’ health and social care staff praised by...
Welsh Government Ministers have praised the “modern miracle” of the care NHS and social service staff deliver across the country in their annual Christmas...
Digital technology puts people in control of their health and social...
People will be able to have a consultation with their GP using a smartphone and monitor their own health via digital devices as part...
Revolutionary new law to increase donor rates comes into force in...
Wales has today become the first country in the UK to introduce a revolutionary new system to increase the number of organ donors (Tuesday...
Eye health drive to help people from Black and Minority Ethnic...
The Welsh Government is calling on people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds to use a special free service to check the health...
Advent calendar style tips and challenges for gym-goers
Advent calendar style fitness tips and challenges are set to keep community gym-goers in Swansea on their toes this December.
Swansea Council is sharing a...
Campaign launched to get every child swimming
Ambitious plans to get every single child swimming confidently before they leave primary school are being launched at Wales National Pool on December 2.
It's...
My Final Smoke
PT Publishing has launched the beta version of MyFinalSmoke.com, a website devoted to providing high quality articles about quitting smoking, smoking alternatives, and smoking-related health risks. The website...
Misuse of alcohol one of the main causes of homelessness
Alcohol misuse is one of the main causes of people becoming homeless in Wales, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said today.
The Deputy Minister spoke...
First Minister opens new £60m Outpatient Department at Morriston Hospital
First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones has today officially opened the new £60 million Outpatient Department at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
This department, that has...
Welsh Government investment to make care home prescribing safer
Welsh Government investment in new technology in pharmacies and care homes across Wales is reducing wasted medicines and prescribing errors and improving patient care.
Health...
LEARNING LESSONS WITH OPERATION JASMINE
More than 100 people involved in adult social care safeguarding across Mid and West Wales are attending a “Learning Lessons” workshop in Carmarthen as part...
New Chair to the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales
Mutale Merrill has been appointed as the new chair of the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales, Health and Social Services Minister Mark...
Welsh NHS providing better and faster care for people with neurological...
People admitted to hospital with a neurological condition are receiving better and faster treatment as a result of the care they receive from the...
Wales’ Health Minister says to junior doctors: “make your future part...
Wales’ Health Minister, Mark Drakeford is encouraging junior doctors to “come and train, live and work in Wales”.
Junior doctors are currently deciding where to...
Welsh expertise to be showcased at Medica – the world’s leading...
More than eighty delegates from Wales fly out to Dusseldorf this weekend on a Welsh Government trade mission to showcase a range of innovative...
Wales first to provide 24/7 support for people at the end...
Wales is the only country in the UK to provide round-the-clock support and advice for people approaching the end of their lives, a new...
New requirement for domiciliary care workers in Wales to be registered...
All domiciliary care workers in Wales will need to be registered from 2020 before they can work in the social care sector, with adult...
New cancer drugs to be available in Wales through new deal
A new deal with pharmaceutical company Novartis will give patients in Wales access to new cancer drugs which are not currently routinely available in...
The final countdown to the change in Wales’ organ donation law...
With less than three weeks to go until the organ donation law changes in Wales, people are being urged to register their decision ahead...
Introducing Luminette™: The World’s First Light Therapy Glasses
For millions of people, the arrival of autumn and winter are unwelcome events. A change in seasons often brings a change in their physical...
Extended deadline for people to claim for continuing healthcare funding
The deadline for people to make a claim if they believe their ongoing care should have been funded by the Welsh NHS is being...
MMR vaccine uptake reaches record high
Take-up of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine has reached its highest level in Wales, figures published today show.
93% of children who reached...
Extra £1.1bn invested in Welsh NHS – Deputy Health Minister reveals
More than £1.1bn in additional investment has been made in NHS Wales by the Welsh Government over the last two years, Deputy Health Minister...
Minister visits world-class robotic surgery in Morriston
Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has praised an upgrade at Morriston Hospital in Swansea which has made its theatres “robot ready”
Two of...
Number of organ donors in Wales rises in lead up to...
The number of people dying in Wales while waiting for a transplant is falling and more than 100,000 more people have signed up to...
Changes to maternity and neonatal services in West Wales are safe,...
Changes to maternity and neonatal services in West Wales are safe, sustainable in the long-term and have led to improved outcomes for mothers and...
New advanced drugs available on Welsh NHS with £14m investment
Patients in Wales will have access to new drugs to treat hepatitis C and those with a rare life-threatening disorder of the immune system...
Good progress at Neath Port Talbot and Princess of Wales hospitals,...
The care of frail and older people in two South Wales hospitals is much improved from that witnessed by an independent review team last...
New Welsh Ambulance Service response system to put patients’ health needs...
Changes to the way the Welsh Ambulance Service responds to emergency calls put patients’ health needs first, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething today said.
Speaking...
Countdown to ban on smoking in cars with children begins
A new campaign to mark the countdown to the ban on smoking in cars carrying children under 18 coming into force in Wales starts...
Consultation to create smoke-free prisons is launched
A consultation about new time-limited regulations to give prison governors the power to allow inmates to smoke in designated cells has been launched today...
Welsh Government welcomes finding that ICM/BBC Wales poll asked ‘leading question’...
The Welsh Government has welcomed a ruling by the Market Research Society that a question asked on behalf of BBC Wales by polling company...
Survival rates for heart disease are improving in Wales
Heart disease survival rates are improving and fewer people are dying prematurely from coronary heart disease thanks to improved detection and the ban on...
£5.7m Welsh Government investment into clinical research and development
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething today announced £5.7m investment into clinical research and development in Wales.
The funding will be used to support three clinical...
Survival rates for heart disease are improving in Wales
Heart disease survival rates are improving and fewer people are dying prematurely from coronary heart disease thanks to improved detection and the ban on...
Bee Positive
My nickname is Bee and I usually respond to this quicker than Abi. My birth name is Abigail but only my grandma (grudgingly) calls...
‘Guardian Angel’ Careline – is a developing service
A ‘guardian angel’ vital alert service that has supported vulnerable people in their own homes across Carmarthenshire for many years is evolving.
Members of the...
New system for emergency ambulance services to prioritise patients in most...
People who need immediate life-saving care will receive the highest-priority response in the fastest time possible from the Welsh Ambulance Service under changes being...
£4.5m EU boost to establish centre of excellence for brain research
Finance and Government Business Minister Jane Hutt will today announce £4.5m EU funds to help Cardiff University develop a leading centre of excellence for...
Increase in the number of organ donors in Wales but more...
The number of people who donated their organs in Wales has increased but there has also been a rise in the number waiting for...
New plan to develop frontline NHS Wales workforce
A new plan to strengthen the primary care workforce to deliver new models of care and look after more people close to their homes...
Top doctor appointed to improve primary care in Wales
Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford announced Dr Richard Lewis has been appointed Wales’ first national professional lead for primary care (Friday July...
Campaign Launched to Raise Awareness of Risks of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH)
New survey shows two out of five GPs unde restimate the prevalence of FH
Sanofi UK, with the endorsement of HEART UK-The Cholesterol Charity, has...
Association for the Independence of Disabled People Raises Funds for Motor...
Once upon a time when the police stopped a motorist for a traffic offence, the first thing they checked was the licence disc on...
Resources For Young People With Impaired Hearing
The National Deaf Children Society’s(NDCS) bus recently visited Canolfan y Bryn Hearing Resource at Ysgol Penglais, Aberystwyth.
Pupils, families and support workers from across Ceredigion...
New employment arrangements for trainee GPs in Wales
The way trainee GPs in Wales are employed will be simplified as part of wider plans to encourage more doctors to work in general...
New meningitis vaccines to be introduced in Wales
New vaccines to protect against different forms of meningitis will be introduced in Wales at the end of the summer, Health and Social Services...
Carers contribute £7b to Welsh economy yearly
There are 24,000 unpaid Carers (Census 2011) in the county. More than 10,000 of these provide 50 or more hours of care per week.
Carers...
Dementia : Help, support and hope exists
PEOPLE concerned in Carmarthenshire about any family members or friends displaying any symptoms of dementia are being encouraged to seek help.
Raising awareness of dementia...
