Swansea Bay Health News

A statement from Mark Hackett, Chief Executive, Swansea Bay University Health Board, in response to a report about Children's Community Nursing Services.

Swansea-led study is due to start later this year

A new outpatient service for people with neurological conditions will more than halve the time they need to spend in hospital.

Eight care homes in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot have offered more than 50 beds between them to help ease the unprecedented pressures on health and social care.

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Swansea Bay University Health Board will be held on Thursday, 25th November 2021 at 12.30pm via YouTube livestream.

During her time in the Army Reserves, Sharon Penhale has been able to bring valuable skills back to her day job as an appraisal and revalidation manager.

Dr Idris Baker will focus on person-centred palliative care for people with Motor Neurone Disease

The UK’s first rotational palliative care paramedics have begun their training in readiness to launch the pilot service in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot before Christmas.

When Gayle Lewis sounded the Last Post outside Morriston Hospital on Armistice Day, she was not only honouring our war dead but giving thanks for the staff inside who have worked so tirelessly throughout the pandemic.

More adults eligible for the free flu jab have been vaccinated in Swansea Bay than any other part of Wales so far this autumn.

Children across Swansea Bay are the first in Wales to be offered sight-saving treatment which will prevent them from needing a transplant.

Catch-up flu vaccinations for children and young people are being offered at a new drive-through delivered by the school nursing service.

Enhancing access to hospital services for children with the help of technology is the aim of a pilot project in Swansea Bay. 

A nurse dedicated to helping people with diabetes is celebrating winning a prestigious national award for her work.

A message from our Chief Executive, Mark Hackett, about how the NHS in Swansea Bay is responding to unprecedented pressures this winter.

A specialist nurse has been recognised for helping women receive a quicker diagnosis and short-term treatment for cancer until surgery can be performed.

The 10,000-panel farm is part of a £13.5 million series of environmental improvements across the health board

Swansea Bay’s Medical Illustration Department is using virtual reality to teach new doctors a real life or death technique.