Swansea Bay Health News
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- 12/11/19
- Learning disability training to be mandatory following health board's work with campaigners
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Learning disability awareness training for health and care staff is to become mandatory across Wales, following the work of Swansea Bay University Health Board with local campaigners.
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- 12/11/19
- Sore throat? The pharmacist will see you now
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22 community pharmacists across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot can give people antibiotics for sore throats caused by a bacterial infection from 1st December.
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- 12/11/19
- Twins' flu-prevention film nominated for national award
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A film which tells the story of how a nurse watched her twin fight to survive the flu has been nominated for a national award.
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- 12/11/19
- Full steam ahead as vintage tractor rally raises money for Swansea artificial limb centre
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After John Thomas lost part of his leg to cancer, the 82-year-old could never have imagined he would be proudly riding his vintage tractor to raise money for the centre that helped him.
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- 11/11/19
- Neath Port Talbot Hospital in thank you to its friends
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Staff at Neath Port Talbot Hospital have invited a group of tireless fundraises around for tea to say thank you for being their friends
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- 08/11/19
- Brain Injury Service campaigners hope their voice is heard
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Swansea Bay University Health Board employees and patients have lent their voices to a bid to promote brain injury awareness and neuro rehabilitation services across Wales
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- 08/11/19
- Psychiatric service receives prestigious accreditation
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A specialist team based at Morriston Hospital has become the only one in Wales to be accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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- 07/11/19
- Critically ill patient care boosted by bedside technology
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The introduction of fixed and mobile computer stations in the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) has significantly changed the way nurses and other healthcare staff record patient notes.
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- 05/11/19
- Kind gesture 'sheds' some light on men's wellbeing
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Meet the woman making a real difference in a men’s shed world
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- 04/11/19
- Wish comes true as new garden opens at Morriston Hospital
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A new garden in the Burns & Plastic Surgery Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Departments at Morriston Hospital is everything patients could wish for to help with their recovery by getting them out and about.
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- 31/10/19
- Murton Clinic set to reopen as one of the best around
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Once on the critical list, a Gower clinic has been transformed into one of the most modern in the Swansea Bay University Health Board area
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- 30/10/19
- Walking group reaping benefits of putting the legwork in
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Sometimes getting out in the fresh air and making new friends really is as easy as a walk in the park
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- 29/10/19
- Vomiting bug strikes 75 patients and staff
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The winter vomiting bug – also known as norovirus – is continuing to affect our hospitals.
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- 28/10/19
- Annual service to remember lost babies
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Families in Swansea Bay are invited to come together for an annual service to remember their loved and lost babies.
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- 28/10/19
- Wales rugby star helps patient tackle boredom
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The events may not have been Olympic standard but the VIP was world class!
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- 25/10/19
- Urgent norovirus message
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Norovirus is circulating in our communities.
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- 24/10/19
- Nurses give first-hand account of flu on the ward
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"It has a huge impact the care we're providing."
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- 24/10/19
- New Primary Care Centre marks bright future for healthcare in the Vale of Neath
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Healthcare in the Vale of Neath has been brought into the 21st century with a new primary care centre and pharmacy which will serve thousands of patients for years to come.
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- 23/10/19
- Swansea Bay Chief Executive wins second leadership award this year
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Swansea Bay UHB Chief Executive Tracy Myhill’s leadership has been publicly recognised for the second time this year.
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- 21/10/19
- Vintage tearoom opens for patients at Gorseinon Hospital
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Floral bunting, cake stands and china cups aren’t what you would usually expect to find in hospital – unless you’re in Gorseinon that is.