Swansea Bay Health News
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- 23/05/2023
- Patient thanks 'amazing' hospital staff who brought him back from the brink – four times!
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After spending more than nine months in intensive care - with his family being warned four times to prepare for the worst - things are finally looking up for Sam Clement.
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- 22/05/2023
- Rachel's new role to offer key support for abuse victims and survivors
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A member of Swansea Bay's safeguarding team is offering key support to victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence after becoming the first member of health board staff to achieve a specialist qualification
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- 19/05/2023
- Celebrating the teams finding treatments and life-saving drugs of tomorrow
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Clinical researchers play a fundamental role in healthcare, across Wales, the UK and globally. And every year their achievements are celebrated on May 20th – International Clinical Trials Day.
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- 19/05/2023
- Patients get crafty to help raise awareness of dementia
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Patients have been getting crafty and showing their artistic side as part of an effort to raise awareness of dementia.
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- 18/05/2023
- Still Time to Have Your Say in May on the Air Ambulance Services in Wales
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This phase of the engagement process will finish on Friday, June 9
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- 16/05/2023
- Good Grief! It's good to talk about death
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A Good Grief event at Morriston Hospital proved it’s good to talk about death, dying and bereavement.
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- 15/05/2023
- First advanced nurse practitioner for service ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week
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Luke Harris can undertake even more duties for mental health services after studying for two years while working
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- 12/05/2023
- New training facility opens to mark International Nurses Day
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A purpose-built training facility crucial to the development of nurses within Swansea Bay has officially opened.
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- 03/05/2023
- Why talking about end-of-life wishes is a positive thing to do
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Discussing the final months, weeks and eventually moments of your life is a topic many prefer to avoid, but a Swansea Bay team is encouraging people to have that conversation now - before it is too late.
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- 03/05/2023
- Hand surgeons applaud Swansea venue
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Delegates at The British Society for Surgery of the Hand’s latest conference have given a thumbs up to Swansea being the host city.
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- 03/05/2023
- Breaking the stigma by talking about death at special event
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Conversations around dying, death and bereavement will be top of the agenda at an event aiming to break the stigma on a subject many feel is too difficult to discuss.
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- 26/04/2023
- First cancer support group of its kind in Swansea Bay holds inaugural meeting in May
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A Swansea-based support group for testicular cancer patients will hold its first meeting in May.
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- 25/04/2023
- Patients encouraged to help spot early signs of cancer
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A group of GP practices in Swansea have been encouraging patients to help spot the early signs of potential cancer.
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- 18/04/2023
- Cut in waiting times sees summit invite
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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.
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- 17/04/2023
- Specialist team delivers quicker service for mental health patients
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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.
- 13/04/2023
- New commission to explore drug-related deaths in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot
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A new independent commission set up to explore the high number of drug-related deaths in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot is calling for communities to get involved.
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- 06/04/2023
- Patient thanks respiratory nurses
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A Swansea Bay respiratory failure patient has thanked a team of nurses, who she has likened to angels, for keeping her alive.
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- 06/04/2023
- Burns survivor's gift of words to Morriston ward which helped him through dark times
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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.
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- 05/04/2023
- Public urged to return inhalers to pharmacies to tackle global warming
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People are being asked to return inhalers they no longer need to community pharmacies to help the fight against global warming.
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- 04/04/2023
- Wellbeing event helps inspire community to live healthier lifestyle
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Educational talks, cookery workshops and free fitness sessions have been helping to inspire people in Swansea to live an even healthier lifestyle.
Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth a galwadau ffôn yn y Gymraeg neu'r Saesneg. Atebir gohebiaeth Gymraeg yn y Gymraeg, ac ni fydd hyn yn arwain at oedi. Mae’r dudalen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg drwy bwyso’r botwm ar y dde ar frig y dudalen.
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.