Swansea Bay Health News
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- 11/09/2025
- Statement regarding the in-patient West Ward at Gorseinon Hospital
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Urgent plans are being considered to temporarily close the ward and transfer patients to Singleton, in response to serious staffing concerns.
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- 11/09/2025
- Working together to improve lives in Neath Port Talbot
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Neath Port Talbot’s Public Services Board has published its second annual report, showing progress on its plan to make the area a healthier, fairer, and more prosperous place to live.
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- 10/09/2025
- Hundreds of overseas nurses recruited as successful campaign to fill vacancies comes to a close
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A recruitment drive aimed at filling hundreds of nursing vacancies in Swansea Bay has ended after successfully reaching its goal.
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- 04/09/2025
- Rapid response team helps support end of life patients at home
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Patients coming to the end of their lives are being helped to do the little things that mean so much by a designated team of physiotherapists offering a rapid response service.
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- 29/08/2025
- New exercise video set to aid patient recovery
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Forget Joe Wicks’ workout videos… Swansea Bay physiotherapists have filmed their own guide to help older people move more to boost their overall health and wellbeing.
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- 27/08/2025
- New booklet set to help get older hospital patients home more quickly
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A new booklet aimed at helping people combat deconditioning has been launched in Swansea Bay.
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- 22/08/2025
- Virtual wards milestone sees thousands of patients cared for at home
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More than 12,000 patients have now been supported by Swansea Bay’s virtual wards service.
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- 21/08/2025
- Public Notice: Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025
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We are delighted to invite you to join Swansea Bay University Health Board’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 9th September 2025 at 3:30pm.
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- 21/08/2025
- Riding high! Jiffy's bike ride for 2025 is another huge success
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50 mile cycle challenge on course to hit fundraising target
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- 20/08/2025
- Annie's sustainable approach helps patients and the planet
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A Swansea Bay occupational therapist is championing litter-picking and gardening for patients, blending therapy and the environment in an innovative way.
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- 19/08/2025
- Experts give up their spare time to share skills to help children with genital abnormalities in Africa
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The team travelled to Zimbabwe to assist with the training of local surgeons
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- 14/08/2025
- New system speeds up medication transfer for patients
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A new transfer system is ensuring medications are following patients more efficiently as they move through different departments and wards at Morriston Hospital – improving care, and also delivering carbon and cost benefits.
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- 13/08/2025
- Dental team claims national title for reducing waste to help environment
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A Neath Port Talbot dental practice has received national recognition for its dedication to becoming more sustainable.
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- 13/08/2025
- Farmer David first person in Wales to receive high-tech cancer treatment
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Patients who would previously have needed at least 15 radiotherapy sessions now only require five.
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- 12/08/2025
- Women's touch rugby tournament scores big in aid of Swansea Bay's very own cancer centre
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Inaugural event raises more than £23,000 to support patients, families and staff at the South West Wales Cancer Centre
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- 12/08/2025
- From Cwmtwrch couch to Barcelona, Kirsty catches running bug
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Swansea Bay Communications Assistant Kirsty Phillips can thank disc jockey Reece Parkinson for helping her get into the running groove.
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- 08/08/2025
- New dynamic equipment to improve patient care as Manual Handling Team move into new state-of-the-art training facilities
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The equipment will make it safer to lift vulnerable patients who have fallen
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- 08/08/2025
- Late artist Maureen's legacy lives on at Swansea cancer centre where she was treated
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Her family have donated some of Maureen’s artwork and £1,800 to help brighten up the Chemotherapy Day Unit.
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- 07/08/2025
- Director for Public Health prescribes regular exercise
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Swansea Bay’s Interim Executive Director for Public Health, Gillian Richardson, has shared her thoughts on the importance of regular exercise in keeping us all fit and well as part of the health board’s Active August campaign
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- 04/08/2025
- Pupils taught importance of nutritious meals thanks to cluster team-up
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Scores of schoolchildren are onside with healthy eating after a team-up between primary care staff and Swansea City AFC Foundation.
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We welcome correspondence and telephone calls in Welsh or English. Welsh language correspondence will be replied to in Welsh, and this will not lead to a delay. This page is available in Welsh by clicking ‘Cymraeg’ at the top right of this page.