Swansea Bay Health News

A Morriston Hospital service is making strides in becoming more sustainable in terms of treatment, time and travel.

A new building and service has been launched to help unpaid carers throughout Swansea Bay.

Andrew Jones competed in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii on the anniversary of his beloved father's funeral.

Morriston Hospital’s solar farm has marked its third anniversary by generating a third of its power and breaking the £3million barrier in savings.

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NHS Wales’ digital mental health service is calling on more men to access self-help support as figures reveal they’re 2.5 times less likely than women to use its programmes.

Healthcare professionals in Swansea Bay are reminding people that antibiotics aren’t always needed when it comes to seasonal illnesses.

The manager of the Mumbles branch of The Principality Building Society has explained why he’s so motivated to help raise money for Swansea Bay University Health Board’s Cwtsh Close appeal.

A regenerative agricultural project on health board land has harvested two awards stemming from its growing success.

A Swansea bodybuilder has shared how he survived a life-threatening heart infection because of his fitness. He says: “Try and have the same attitude to your daily health goals and be as fit and healthy as possible. Just look after your health and body and it will look after you.”

Intervention is helping more and more people avoid developing the disease.

The family and friends of a much loved former health care support worker have donated £1,400 to the Macmillan Occupational Therapist Team which did its best to support her.

Consultant Anaesthetist Elana Owen is playing a leading role in helping Swansea Bay’s theatres become more sustainable – and has a foil tray to thank!

A new team to help develop and support staff working in primary care has launched in Swansea Bay.

The First Minister has paid an emotional visit to Morriston Hospital’s Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre (ALAC) to speak to Armed Forces veterans ahead of Remembrance Sunday.

They say laughter is the best medicine, so when stand-up comic Sian Fisher was diagnosed with breast cancer she wrote a new set.

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Departments at three health boards have established new referral pathways with NHS Wales’ online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) team as the service continues to expand.

A tiny device is having a massive effect on reducing waiting lists in Swansea Bay’s cardiology service.

Eirian Evans has spent the last 24 years caring for Swansea Bay patients – a role he now fulfils at home for his wife Rachel.