Swansea Bay Health News
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- 18/10/2022
- Burns patient's stark warning about the potential dangers of hot water bottles
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A burns patient has issued a warning to anyone thinking of reaching for a hot water bottle this winter as the fuel crisis bites.
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- 14/10/2022
- Lab technician who caught Covid during pandemic issues vaccination plea
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A Swansea Bay NHS worker who faces an uncertain future having developed complications following Covid is urging people to get the autumn booster vaccination.
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- 13/10/2022
- Prescribing more targeted antibiotics helps to reduce risk of resistance
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Staff in Swansea Bay are prescribing antibiotics in a more targeted way to help reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance and unpleasant side effects in patients.
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- 12/10/2022
- Heart surgeon gives up hols to operate on Afghan refugees in Pakistan
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Family holidays are taking a back seat to saving lives for a Swansea surgeon who spent his summer in Pakistan operating on poor people including Afghan refugees.
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- 11/10/2022
- Pupils key to falls prevention message
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Pupils in Morriston Primary School have been examining a mock ‘crime scene’ in order to arrest the number of falls amongst the elderly.
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- 11/10/2022
- Hybrid mail could spell the end for old-fashioned hospital appointment letters
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The writing could soon be on the wall for thousands of appointment letters Swansea Bay mails out to patients every year.
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- 10/10/2022
- Family raises £20K for cancer research in Swansea Bay
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The family of a former Morriston Hospital patient has gone to great lengths – including cycling from south to north Wales in record time - to raise over £20,000 for cancer research in Swansea Bay.
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- 10/10/2022
- Praise for Swansea Bay's paediatric audiology team
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Being told your baby is deaf must be heart-breaking but Tara Thomas is full of praise for the way Swansea Bay’s audiology team has helped her daughter adjust.
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- 05/10/2022
- Falls crime scene helps detect hazards at home
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As part of Falls Awareness Week (3rd-7th October), a replica living room was set up at Neath Port Talbot Hospital to highlight some of the everyday items or activities that could lead to a fall.
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- 04/10/2022
- New theatres for Neath Port Talbot Hospital on their way
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Read our October 2022 media release about the exciting new development.
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- 04/10/2022
- Swansea City matches helping to improve patients' symptoms
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Patients at Cefn Coed Hospital are having a ball attending live Swans matches thanks to the generosity of a local businessman.
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- 04/10/2022
- Latest recruits arrive as health board aims to more than double workforce of new nurses
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Swansea Bay has become the health board and home for a group of international nurses who are starting an exciting new chapter in their careers.
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- 04/10/2022
- £4 million "space-age" operating theatre will help bring down eye surgery backlog
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Eye surgeons in Singleton Hospital continuing to work through a backlog of operations can now do so in a dedicated “space-age” new theatre.
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- 04/10/2022
- Hospital team discovers why a routine treatment for severe Covid-19 can fail
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Researchers in Swansea have made a breakthrough in understanding one of the most damaging consequences of Covid-19.
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- 04/10/2022
- Staff get creative and reflect on pandemic experiences to boost well-being
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Members of staff have been reflecting on their experiences of the Covid pandemic as part of a new initiative aimed at improving their mental health.
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- 04/10/2022
- Ukrainian refugees help hospital project bloom to say thanks to community
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Refugees who fled Ukraine to find sanctuary in Swansea Bay have volunteered at Morriston Hospital to say “diolch” to the community for opening their homes and hearts.
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- 03/10/2022
- Our unique solar farm is a shining success
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The first solar farm in the UK wired directly to a hospital has been a shining success in its first year of operations.
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- 03/10/2022
- Warm embrace for Swansea team's way of keeping elderly fallers out of hospital
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An innovative approach to caring for Swansea Bay nursing home residents who have had a fall is now helping to keep them out of hospital.
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- 03/10/2022
- Surgeons working 50 miles apart defy Covid to keep life-saving surgery going
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A partnership forged between surgeons in Swansea and Cardiff ensured lung cancer operations could continue throughout the pandemic.
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- 03/10/2022
- A marathon achievement over lifelong condition
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Rachel Thompson-Biggs completed the London Marathon.
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