Swansea Bay Health News

A Port Talbot mum whose child imagined the Covid virus was “like a giant, scary T-Rex” has written a picture book designed to help youngsters overcome their fear of going into hospital.

Children and young people living in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot will be able to use an anonymous digital counselling and support service designed to safeguard their mental health

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A MEETING OF THE SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, 27TH MAY 2021 IN THE MILLENNUIM ROOM, HEADQUARTERS, ONE TALBOT GATEWAY, BAGLAN, SA12 7BR

People are being urged to keep on being careful around social distancing as cases of the B.1.617.2 (the variant of concern that was first detected in India) variant are confirmed in the Swansea Bay area.

Health board staff have thanked the Liberty Stadium management for pitching in to provide essential nurse training facilities during the pandemic. 

The South West Wales Cancer Centre in Swansea has become the UK leader in using the best and most effective form of radiotherapy possible.

Skin care experts in Swansea Bay are urging people to keep safe whilst enjoying the sun to help ward off cancer.

When it comes to a holistic approach to meeting the health and social care needs of patients, the Cwmtawe Cluster has ‘virtually’ all the right answers

Swansea Bay University Health Board has thanked the military for its invaluable support in establishing the area’s vaccination programme

Party-goers at an illegal gathering at a house in the west of Swansea have been criticised for misleading contact tracers and putting the wider community at risk.

An original poem written to reassure grieving relatives visiting Morriston Hospital that despite Covid restrictions their loved ones were cared for right up to the end, is now on display

Swansea Bay University Health Board and Public Health Wales are looking for volunteers to participate in the latest clinical trial studying a vaccine against COVID-19

Singleton specialist nurse Melvin Cua helping to free up ophthalmologists to do other work

A hospital choir is going from strength to strength after appearing on TV as part of the BBC’s coverage of the first national Covid Memorial Day

Families are being warned to keep to the rules this Easter after it’s emerged that over a quarter of current Swansea Covid-19 cases have been traced to a number of household gatherings in the north of the city.

Uned Gobaith will help women with serious mental health problems

Families are being urged to stick to important social distancing rules after a cluster of Covid-19 cases have been linked to potentially illegal household gatherings in the Briton Ferry area.

As part of Covid Memorial Day 2021, Swansea Bay University Health Board has paused to reflect on the struggle, sacrifice and selfless service of the past 12 months, and remember all those who have lost their lives during the pandemic