Swansea Bay Health News
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- 13/10/2021
- From a girl who dreamt of being a nurse to retiring aged 75
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Hazel Eastman started her career in Morriston Hospital as a student in 1964
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- 08/10/2021
- Students' praise for teaching doctors
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Two Swansea Bay doctors have earned the praises of their students in Swansea University Medical School.
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- 05/10/2021
- Digital solution saves hours filling in essential paperwork
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Welsh Nursing Care Record introduced at Neath Port Talbot Hospital and soon to expand to Singleton
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- 30/09/2021
- Notice of board meeting - 7th October 2021
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Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Swansea Bay University Health Board will be held on Thursday, 7 October at 11.45am via YouTube livestream.
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- 30/09/2021
- Cluster's new health and wellbeing initiative in wake of Covid
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The Cwmtawe Cluster – a group of three GP practices in the Lower Swansea Valley – is introducing a new service aimed at helping those with complex health and wellbeing issues, made more urgent by the pandemic.
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- 29/09/2021
- State-of-the-art stroke unit proposed for Morriston Hospital
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An acute hub is also included in the health board's proposals for the Swansea hospital
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- 29/09/2021
- Rise in number of children with Covid-19 admitted to hospital in Swansea Bay
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Almost as many children aged 15 and under have been in hospital with Covid-19 in Swansea Bay over the last three months than the whole of the rest of the pandemic.
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- 28/09/2021
- Another big investment in the South West Wales Cancer Centre
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One of the linear accelerators at the Singleton Hospital centre will be replaced at a cost of £4 million
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- 27/09/2021
- Flagship hospital could play vital role in tackling record-high surgical waiting lists
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Proposals envisage Singleton Hospital as Swansea Bay's Centre of Excellence for planned surgery.
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- 21/09/2021
- Pond oasis to boost staff well-being
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Staff in Swansea Bay’s headquarters can benefit from an environmental project to help promote well-being.
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- 21/09/2021
- Mental health nurses' pandemic experiences used as muse for poems
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Three mental health nurses from Cefn Coed Hospital have turned to poetry to process their emotions of working through the pandemic.
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- 14/09/2021
- Keeping Swansea Bay's schools safe
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Measures used in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot schools last term are to be retained.
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- 14/09/2021
- Meet one of the nurses who talks to families on the 'most difficult days of their lives'
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As a member of our organ donation team an important part of Kathryn Gooding’s job is to help save lives by having difficult conversations many of us would rather shy away from.
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- 13/09/2021
- Yoga classes aim to ease symptoms and keep wait times flowing
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A group of GP surgeries in Swansea is now offering yoga classes in a bid to improve patients’ symptoms.
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- 07/09/2021
- Neath Port Talbot Hospital proposal will cut through orthopaedic surgery waits
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There’s nothing worse than a long wait for surgery – unless it’s having your operation postponed at the very last minute.
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- 06/09/2021
- Caring approach at end of life
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Swansea Bay University Health Board is enhancing services and support for patients receiving palliative and end of life care and their families.
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- 31/08/2021
- Hospital test drives new virtual waiting room in patients' cars
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With Covid restrictions still very much in place in Morriston Hospital, a new scheme has been introduced to speed up outpatient traffic by asking patients to wait in the comfort of their own cars.
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- 31/08/2021
- Genetic cardiac testing service made permanent
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A life-saving service which was funded as a pilot in Swansea Bay has now secured NHS funding because of its success.
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- 26/08/2021
- Prioritisation for urgently needed blood tests
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NHS services are currently affected by an international shortage of blood collection tubes used for taking some blood samples (blood tests).
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- 25/08/2021
- Stay safe when socialising – Covid cases are on the increase in Swansea Bay
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People are being urged to take care when they are out socialising, as Covid cases are taking off again in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.
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