Swansea Bay Health News
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- 05/10/2022
- Falls crime scene helps detect hazards at home
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As part of Falls Awareness Week (3rd-7th October), a replica living room was set up at Neath Port Talbot Hospital to highlight some of the everyday items or activities that could lead to a fall.
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- 04/10/2022
- New theatres of Neath Port Talbot Hospital on their way
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Groundworks are now well underway for the new operating theatres at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, which is set to become the health board’s Centre of Excellence for Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery.
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- 04/10/2022
- Swansea City matches helping to improve patients' symptoms
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Patients at Cefn Coed Hospital are having a ball attending live Swans matches thanks to the generosity of a local businessman.
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- 04/10/2022
- Latest recruits arrive as health board aims to more than double workforce of new nurses
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Swansea Bay has become the health board and home for a group of international nurses who are starting an exciting new chapter in their careers.
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- 04/10/2022
- £4 million "space-age" operating theatre will help bring down eye surgery backlog
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Eye surgeons in Singleton Hospital continuing to work through a backlog of operations can now do so in a dedicated “space-age” new theatre.
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- 04/10/2022
- Hospital team discovers why a routine treatment for severe Covid-19 can fail
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Researchers in Swansea have made a breakthrough in understanding one of the most damaging consequences of Covid-19.
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- 04/10/2022
- Staff get creative and reflect on pandemic experiences to boost well-being
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Members of staff have been reflecting on their experiences of the Covid pandemic as part of a new initiative aimed at improving their mental health.
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- 04/10/2022
- Ukrainian refugees help hospital project bloom to say thanks to community
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Refugees who fled Ukraine to find sanctuary in Swansea Bay have volunteered at Morriston Hospital to say “diolch” to the community for opening their homes and hearts.
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- 03/10/2022
- Our unique solar farm is a shining success
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The first solar farm in the UK wired directly to a hospital has been a shining success in its first year of operations.
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- 03/10/2022
- Surgeons working 50 miles apart defy Covid to keep life-saving surgery going
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A partnership forged between surgeons in Swansea and Cardiff ensured lung cancer operations could continue throughout the pandemic.
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- 03/10/2022
- Warm embrace for Swansea team's way of keeping elderly fallers out of hospital
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An innovative approach to caring for Swansea Bay nursing home residents who have had a fall is now helping to keep them out of hospital.
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- 03/10/2022
- A marathon achievement over lifelong condition
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Rachel Thompson-Biggs completed the London Marathon.
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- 30/09/2022
- Artist's thank you to health board is picture perfect
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An artist’s impression symbolising the efforts of health staff during the pandemic is hanging proudly in Singleton Hospital.
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- 30/09/2022
- Milk hub needs helping hands to support even more families in Wales
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A milk hub which has helped many families in South Wales needs some helping hands to be able to support even more.
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- 29/09/2022
- Covid commemorative project close to completion across four hospitals
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A commemorative project marking the impact of the pandemic is emerging across four Swansea Bay UHB sites.
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- 29/09/2022
- Young Mostyn goes a long way to thank hospital staff
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A 12-year-old former patient has stamped his name all over an incredible fundraising challenge, which has collected more than £10,000 for Morriston Hospital’s Oakwood children's ward.
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- 27/09/2022
- Sight-saving service in Swansea available to more patients than ever
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Sight-saving surgery is now being offered for the first time in Wales to people with health conditions, disabilities and learning disabilities.
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- 27/09/2022
- Climber's recovery from cliff fall to conquering the Alps
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A keen climber has praised the care he received from Swansea Bay staff which helped him conquer three mountain ranges just a year after he suffered multiple fractures in a cliff fall.
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- 26/09/2022
- 24/7 mental health support now available over the phone in Swansea Bay
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People living in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot who need urgent support with mental health issues can now call a team of mental health professionals for free, day or night. Call 111 Option 2 is running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, offering a triage service and support or signposting as appropriate.
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- 26/09/2022
- How one woman's tragic loss helped save a child given just hours to live
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Losing her mum was devastating for Jessica Jones – but she drew comfort from knowing it helped save a child who had been given hours to live.
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We welcome correspondence and telephone calls in Welsh or English. Welsh language correspondence will be replied to in Welsh, and this will not lead to a delay. This page is available in Welsh by clicking ‘Cymraeg’ at the top right of this page.