Local organisations have approached us and so this is a space where local organisations can come together, collaborate and share information to explore opportunities for continuing the provision for 30 older people who are currently accessing our offer. 

Expressions of Interest are invited from social prescribing practitioners and educators to test a new digital learning resource developed by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW). 

Supporting Mental Health & Wellbeing in Cardiff & Vale. Grants of up to £500. Closing date Friday 24th January 2025

Neges i bobl hŷn gan Rhian Bowen-Davies, Comisiynydd Pobl Hŷn Cymru.

A message to older people from Rhian Bowen-Davies, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales

🎄🎅 Can you help the Welsh Blood Service during the Festive period?

♥️1 donation can save up to 3 lives or 6 babies!

📍Llantwit Major Leisure Centre – 23rd December 2024

Public Health Wales’s latest Screening Inequities report shows that people living in the most deprived communities in Wales are less likely to take up their offer of screening compared to those living in the least deprived communities.

The Behavioural Science Unit at Public Health Wales has released a new report designed to help policy makers understand the breadth of behaviour change intervention types required to change population behaviours.

We are starting to see an increase in respiratory illnesses, including flu and COVID-19, across our hospital sites.

This report contains sensitive content which refers to details on deaths by suspected suicide. 

Public Health Wales has published its second biodiversity action plan which outlines the work that it will undertake as part of its duty under the Environment Act.  The plan is focused on the importance of biodiversity for health and well-being and the actions Public Health Wales will take to be a champion for nature.

As 2024 comes to an end, Chair Charles ‘Jan’ Janczewski and Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Rankin have shared their festive messages, reflecting on the year’s successes and challenges. 

Residents of a Cardiff care home say their strength, coordination and overall wellbeing have greatly improved thanks to new exercise classes inspired by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

A collaborative pilot involving health and third-sector organisations has launched in the Emergency Unit (A&E) at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) to reduce the harm from alcohol in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

SilverCloud® Wales, an online platform providing guided, self-help support based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), is being promoted with an awareness campaign at foodbanks in key Welsh towns and cities.

Last week the All-Wales National Robotic Assisted Surgery Programme announced it has surpassed 500 robotic assisted surgical cases using the Versius robot. The 500th surgical procedure was performed at the University Hospital of Wales by Jared Torkington, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

Don’t end your Christmas night out at the Emergency Unit.

The first Women’s Health Plan for Wales has been launched today (Monday 9 December 2024) setting out a 10-year vision to improve healthcare services for women.

New standards to improve the care and treatment of bone health issues and prevent more people suffering painful and debilitating fractures have been published.

The Welsh Government is currently consulting on a new statutory framework for youth work in Wales. The consultation period will run until 10 January 2025.