Swansea Bay Health News
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- 01/04/20
- Tata adds steel to NHS frontline
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The team at Tata Steel in Port Talbot have donated personal protective equipment (PPE) for Swansea Bay NHS staff on the frontline treating patients with Coronavirus
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- 01/04/20
- Work begins on two field hospitals for Swansea and Neath Port Talbot
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Work has started on transforming two key sites in the Swansea Bay area into field hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- 01/04/20
- Temporary New base for Swansea Bay's Out of Hours Doctor Service
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Swansea Bay’s GP Out of Hours treatment centre has a new temporary home in SA1
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- 31/03/20
- Supporting patients and families through the COVID-19 crisis
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With virtually all hospital visiting now stopped in the fight against COVID-19, work is underway to support patients and their families to mitigate the consequences of the move.
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- 29/03/20
- First Amazon Wish List donations arrive
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The nightwear and toiletries will be given out to patients.
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- 27/03/20
- Swansea Bay gets ready for COVID-19
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A huge amount of work has taken place to help the health board face the unprecedented challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic.
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- 27/03/20
- Mental health teams make major changes in fight against Coronavirus
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Mental health teams across the Swansea Bay University Health Board are joining in the unprecedented effort to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic.
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- 25/03/20
- Fears lockdown will increase DIY and garden injuries
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The sun is out, the country is in lockdown and many people will be using the time to tackle gardening and DIY projects at home.
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- 24/03/20
- Plea to families to help get elderly patients home
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Concerns that medically fit elderly patients face greater risk of Coronavirus in hospital
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- 13/03/20
- COVID-19: temporary changes to some of our services
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Temporary changes to some of our services - updated Saturday 14th March with new visiting information
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- 19/03/20
- Doctor doesn't always have to know best
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Meet the super-nurse who is playing an advanced role in a Swansea surgery
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- 19/03/20
- Notice of board meeting
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It will not be held in public due to COVID-19.
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- 13/03/20
- Acting star's dad thanks NHS and the surgeon who saved his hand
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The father of Welsh acting star Luke Evans has echoed his son’s praise of the NHS after badly injuring his hand in an accident with a circular saw
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- 11/03/20
- COVID-19 - Swansea Bay UHB statement 11.03.2020
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We now have nine confirmed cases of Coronavirus COVID-19 in our health board area.
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- 10/03/20
- Coronavirus - Drive-through testing unit has opened
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It will help to protect our communities.
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- 10/03/20
- Coronavirus - second case confirmed in Swansea Bay UHB area
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A second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed, this time in the Neath Port Talbot local authority area.
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- 28/02/20
- Our statement on coronavirus
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- 25/02/20
- Cartoon will put young patients at ease
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It explains how a local anaesthetic works.
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- 21/02/20
- Veterans rally round to support each other
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He has experienced a darkness that far too many fail to survive but thankfully former serviceman Sandy Shaw has defeated his personal demons and is now helping others see the light.
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- 20/02/20
- Nurse who transformed cardiac service nominated for prestigious award
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A nurse who developed a new service to help families with inherited cardiac conditions has been shortlisted for a national award.