Swansea Bay Health News

New Swansea Bay service to launch later this year with Welsh Government funding

Helpline calls down by three-quarters since the Patient Portal went live

Customers and visitors to a Wind Street, Swansea, bar are being urged to get a Covid-19 test straight away if they feel unwell following investigations into a cluster of cases of Covid-19.

This is Volunteers’ Week and Swansea Bay has been celebrating the many people who give up their time to help others.

Volunteers have stepped up like never before to support the NHS in Swansea Bay during its hour of greatest need.

They are often overlooked but it’s time to celebrate all those who give up their own time to help others stay fit and well

A Swansea Bay research nurse featuring in a new video celebrating Florence Nightingale says the principles she established 200 years ago are still relevant today.

She may have said goodbye but Anne Robinson has been anything but the weakest link when it comes to promoting social inclusion within the Cwmtawe Cluster. 

Neath Port Talbot Hospital has taken delivery of a new state-of-the-art scanner that will enhance the diagnostic facilities there.

A Port Talbot mum whose child imagined the Covid virus was “like a giant, scary T-Rex” has written a picture book designed to help youngsters overcome their fear of going into hospital.

Children and young people living in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot will be able to use an anonymous digital counselling and support service designed to safeguard their mental health

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A MEETING OF THE SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, 27TH MAY 2021 IN THE MILLENNUIM ROOM, HEADQUARTERS, ONE TALBOT GATEWAY, BAGLAN, SA12 7BR

People are being urged to keep on being careful around social distancing as cases of the B.1.617.2 (the variant of concern that was first detected in India) variant are confirmed in the Swansea Bay area.

Health board staff have thanked the Liberty Stadium management for pitching in to provide essential nurse training facilities during the pandemic. 

The South West Wales Cancer Centre in Swansea has become the UK leader in using the best and most effective form of radiotherapy possible.

Skin care experts in Swansea Bay are urging people to keep safe whilst enjoying the sun to help ward off cancer.

When it comes to a holistic approach to meeting the health and social care needs of patients, the Cwmtawe Cluster has ‘virtually’ all the right answers