Swansea Bay Health News

A Swansea Bay cardiologist who has helped transform his service into a smooth, well-oiled machine has delivered a keynote speech to an organisation that originated within the car industry.

Patients with an urgent mental health need who turn up at the Emergency Department at Morriston Hospital are now being assessed within an hour by a specialist team.

A Swansea Bay respiratory failure patient has thanked a team of nurses, who she has likened to angels, for keeping her alive.

A burns patient who spent a year in hospital after suffering horrific injuries in an explosion at his home turned to poetry to thank the ‘angels’ who cared for him at Morriston Hospital. 

People are being asked to return inhalers they no longer need to community pharmacies to help the fight against global warming.

Educational talks, cookery workshops and free fitness sessions have been helping to inspire people in Swansea to live an even healthier lifestyle.

First dates for the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Services (EMRTS Cymru) engagement sessions have been announced by the Chief Ambulance Services Commissioner (CASC), responsible for leading the all-Wales engagement process.

NHS Wales has published a new report detailing the good progress being made to investigate and learn from hospital-acquired COVID-19 in Wales.

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Swansea Bay University Health Board will be held on Thursday, March 30th 2023 at 12.45pm, via YouTube livestream.

Work is starting this weekend on an upgrade to the waiting room in Morriston Hospital’s Emergency Department.

As the blessed month of Ramadan begins, Swansea Bay University Health Board's Muslim Chaplain, Shakirah Mannan, shares a message on how she has been preparing and what happens during the month.

A woman who had to re-learn how to walk after a sudden brain injury has completed a sponsored walk to thank staff for their care.

Asthma patients could cut Swansea Bay’s carbon footprint by the equivalent of 552 round-the-world car trips – simply by switching inhalers.

Spending six months in a SPA might sound like an indulgent perk for the rich and famous, but for one Swansea Bay nurse it was anything but – as she supported a vulnerable young man with learning disabilities at the height of the pandemic.

People with head and neck lumps that could signify cancer will be spared weeks of avoidable waiting and worrying before getting a diagnosis.

A tea bar in Morriston Hospital is serving up more than just hot drinks and refreshments after reopening for the first time since the Covid pandemic.

A nurse so dedicated to helping others that she even gives up her spare time to do it has received a special honour.