Swansea Bay Health News
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- 09/04/20
- Rainbows strike gold with district nurses
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Swansea Bay University Health Board employees have penned a special thank you note for all the children who have brought a bit of colour to their day through drawing rainbows
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- 08/04/20
- Fast-track health board training kicks off
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Training courses to get new and returning health care workers into hospitals quickly as demand rises due to COVID-19 are taking place at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium.
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- 08/04/20
- Ryan Jones' garden marathon plants seed for next NHS fundraiser
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Hot on the heels of his garden marathon, former Wales’ captain Ryan Jones, is putting his running shoes into retirement and dusting down the lycra for his latest idea to raise money for the NHS.
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- 08/04/20
- Easter lockdown could turn up heat on busy hospitals
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Take care when cooking and don't be tempted to burn waste.
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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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- 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