Swansea Bay Health News
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- 22/02/2022
- Notice of Special Meeting - 24th February 2022
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Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Swansea Bay University Health Board will be held on Thursday, 24 February 2022 at 9am via YouTube livestream.
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- 22/02/2022
- Rapid Diagnosis Centre at Neath Port Talbot Hospital to expand
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A two-year pilot at the pioneering centre is being funded by Moondance Cancer Initiative
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- 18/02/2022
- Older people offered first aid advice for burns amidst fuel crisis fears
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Burns experts at Morriston Hospital have produced a first aid video and poster campaign aimed at helping older people avoid becoming unwitting victims of the fuel crisis.
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- 16/02/2022
- New lymphoedema patient service gains global interest after award success
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A pioneering award-winning service for lymphoedema patients, created in Swansea Bay, is attracting interest from health organisations around the world.
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- 15/02/2022
- New operating theatre at Singleton Hospital will tackle eye surgery waits
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A£4 million investment will allow the health board to carry out around 200 additional operations a month.
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- 09/02/2022
- New one-stop shop will improve access for fertility treatment
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Fertility Direct will run for a 12-month pilot starting this spring.
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- 08/02/2022
- Health Minister visits Swansea Bay's long Covid services
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We were delighted to welcome Health Minister Eluned Morgan to the Bay Field Hospital, where the Long Covid Rehabilitation Service is based, to talk to staff and patients about their experiences of working and benefiting from the service.
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- 01/02/2022
- Walking group uses great outdoors to help tackle long Covid
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People suffering with long Covid symptoms are benefiting from getting out in the great outdoors as part of their ongoing recovery.
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- 27/01/2022
- Afghan interpreter's move to Swansea translates into new NHS career
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Having flown out of Afghanistan, fearing for his life as the Taliban stormed Kabul, Mohamed Ferooz Noori is now helping save lives by working with Swansea Bay’s vaccination programme.
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- 21/01/2022
- First milk bank hub for Wales to help newborn babies opens in Swansea Bay
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A milk bank has been set up as part of the first hub in Wales to help ill or premature babies and, over time, mothers facing feeding difficulties.
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- 21/01/2022
- GP hails new paramedic team as game-changing
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Swansea GP Chris Jones says the palliative care paramedics are bringing benefits for patients and families
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- 21/01/2022
- Notice of board meeting - 27th January 2022
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Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Swansea Bay University Health Board will be held on Thursday, 27th January 2022 at 12.00pm via YouTube livestream.
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- 19/01/2022
- Seeds of change sown for crops to be grown on Morriston Hospital land
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A new Community Supported Agriculture venture will start developing the field in March ready to start producing food next year.
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- 18/01/2022
- Public urged to help prevent slips and falls during winter months
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There are many steps we can take to reduce the chances of a fall during a cold snap, both around the house and whilst out and about.
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- 18/01/2022
- Morriston burns team gives surgeons a helping hand with emergency training
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Artificial arm training simulator created in Swansea could help save lives and limbs across the UK and beyond.
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- 18/01/2022
- Schoolboy's dental transformation inspires traumatised children, using Consultant Connect app
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Images of a schoolboy whose smile was restored after a holiday accident are helping other traumatised children via an innovative app in Swansea Bay - a first in the UK for community dentistry.
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- 17/01/2022
- Omicron spread set to cause further disruption for health and social care services
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Community-based health and social care services in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea face increasing pressures as concerns grow over staffing shortages.
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- 14/01/2022
- Swansea surgeon turns his hand to painting
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A Swansea Bay surgeon will swap the operating theatre for the TV screen later this month when he appears on Channel 5’s Watercolour Challenge.
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- 07/01/2022
- Green scheme helps to breathe new life into used inhalers
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A group of GP practices has launched a new scheme to help the environment by recycling inhalers that are no longer needed.
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- 31/12/2021
- New surgical instrument invented by Morriston plastic surgeon
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A plastic surgeon in Morriston Hospital has invented a specialist instrument for use in breast reconstruction surgery and named it the Swansea Retractor after the city where he works.
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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.