For the sessions available in January 2025 please click here.

Carers Wales are offering free online art workshops for unpaid carers, with the first workshop being on the 19th February

Date: Monday 27th January 2025

Time: 14:00pm - 15:30pm

Location: Wellbeing and Support Hub, Marie Curie,

Dr Susan Allen and Dr Biju Mohamed hosted an afternoon tea 'meet and greet' on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board to recognise both previously and recently recruited overseas doctors.

Carers Wales have a calendar of free online training and well-being/information sessions coming up for carers in January and February 2025. They are all free online sessions.

Evidence from countries including Mexico and Hungary, have shown that when governments have taken action to introduce taxes on unhealthy foods and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs), it does result in a reduction in their purchase and consumption. 

Putting in place effective programmes to prevent poor health offers great value for money. Prevention initiatives such as early years education, vaccination programmes, smoking cessation and support for carers can deliver excellent value for money - with an average return of £14 for every £1 invested in them.

In 2020, David White suffered a serious brain injury after a nasty fall but after years of recovery and rehabilitation, David now dedicates his spare time volunteering at University Hospital Llandough, supporting many patients who have been through similar experiences.

Wales is the first in the UK to have set up a group bringing government, employers and trade unions together to improve ways of working for staff in the social care sector.

Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive Officer of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has been appointed as Wales’ first CEO Research Champion, aiming to facilitate and enable clinical research activities across NHS Wales.

Wales’ leading doctor Sir Dr Frank Atherton has announced he will stand down after 8 and half years as the Welsh Government’s Chief Medical Officer.

A yearly update from the Chief Optometric Advisor on eye care services in Wales.

Starting: Monday 13th January 2025, 2pm - 4pm.

The Pod, Golau Caredig, Barry, CF62 7AZ

Thursday 23rd January 2025, Online via Teams, 11.00am – 12.00pm

Deafblind UK is offering a service called Reconnections Cymru. This free service operates across Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Newport, Bridgend, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.  

The Occupational Therapy service for Children and Young People has launched a new advice line to make the service easier to access.

The Critical Care Department (CCD) at the University Hospital of Wales has achieved a remarkable milestone by securing Quality Assurance accreditation from the British Society of Echocardiography

Cathy Fisher is a Smoking Cessation Specialist who works with smokers in Cardiff and the Vale to help them quit through use of products and behavioural support.

Public Health Wales is urging parents and carers to be watchful for the symptoms of norovirus ahead of schools and nurseries re-opening, as cases of the illness increase in Wales.

Rhian Bowen-Davies, the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales wants to hear from as many people as possible about the action that would help to improve older people’s lives, and the ways the work can support the delivery of these outcomes.