Swansea Bay Health News

Steve Spill has been appointed as Vice Chair designate of Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) and will formally take up the Vice Chair post on 17^th January.

Wales’ first woman consultant cardiac surgeon and two senior nurses who are all leaders in their fields have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours.

Morriston Hospital will become the first in Wales to develop its own full-scale solar farm, at a cost of £5.7 million.

Falling off stepladders while decking the halls, cutting hands while chopping swedes, breaking toes by dropping a frozen turkey on your foot and children getting toy blocks stuck up their nose, are among the common injuries that see people heading to hospital over Christmas.

Hospital patients with dementia will be able to have visits from their loved ones in comfort over the festive period and beyond.

Occupational and physiotherapy staff have given it a festive makeover with community support

The number of deaths of people who tested positive for Coronavirus in Swansea Bay hospitals has tragically hit a new high.

Some orthopaedic operations are being postponed at Neath Port Talbot Hospital to free up beds and resources for emergency care due to Covid pressures.

Meet the award winning Team of Learning Disability Champions in Theatres at Neath Port Talbot Hospital which encapsulates the true spirit of the Swansea Bay UHB’s values

It is with great sadness that we report the death of a much loved member of staff who had tested positive for Covid-19.

A health expert has warned coronavirus levels in the Swansea Bay area could soon reach catastrophic levels unless people follow the rules on social distancing during the Christmas season.

When Covid infects you, you are blissfully unaware for the first couple of days – but those first 24-48 hours before symptoms show are when you’re at your most infectious. You’ll have passed it on before you even know you’re sick.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A MEETING OF THE SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, 26TH NOVEMBER 2020 IN THE MILLENNUIM ROOM, HEADQUARTERS, ONE TALBOT GATEWAY, BAGLAN, SA12 7BR

A Swansea Bay UHB diabetes specialist nurse has shared in an award following her role in improving the insulin safety knowledge and skills of health care providers across the country

Stringent infection control measures are in place at Gorseinon Hospital to manage an outbreak of Covid-19.

A project led by a Swansea Bay UHB Dietitian, which has dramatically helped prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes, has won a national award

People in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are being urged to continue playing their part to keep health and social care services from becoming overwhelmed.

TEAMS of council-operated contact tracers in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot have been working flat-out over the last few weeks to help slow the spread of Covid-19.