GPs, community optometrists, community pharmacy and primary care dental practices across Wales have saved an estimated 44,088 CO2 this year – the equivalent of four round the world flights, or boiling more than seven million litres of water, by taking part in the Greener Primary Care Wales Framework and Award Scheme from Public Health Wales.

Public Health Wales has published a new practical tool that details how actively using behavioural science to better understand human behaviour can lead to more effective communication.

A new report published today by Public Health Wales’s First 1000 Days Programme describes how parents, communities and wider society can work together to give children in Wales the best start in life.

While vaccinations are the most effective way to save lives and protect public health worldwide, public hesitancy, driven by misinformation, can reduce the success of vaccination programmes, disease elimination, or eradication, says a new report from Public Health Wales.

If you are on our centralised waiting list for an NHS dentist, and have not yet responded to the text message or letter sent out in January, you will receive a text message from NHS Wales this week.

We are seeing an increase in COVID-19 infections and other respiratory viruses across Cardiff and Vale, including within our hospitals and across community settings.

The Welsh Government has announced key changes to the COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Programme.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is holding a two recruitment events simultaneously on 30 March this year, showcasing roles for nurses, midwives, as well as HCSW (Healthcare Support Workers). The event will be held at the Cochrane Building, University Hospital of Wales.

The healthcare team at HMP Cardiff work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that are involved in providing care to prisoners with a wide range of mental and physical health problems, organising admissions and the discharge of prisoners, and assessing, planning and evaluating care.

"It is essential that unpaid carers are supported to prioritise their own health and well-being alongside caring."

That’s the message from Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan ahead of Young Carers Action Day, and as the Welsh Government’s publishes its first annual report for the Carers Delivery Plan.

Health Minister Eluned Morgan has today announced increased funding to widen access to Wales’ long-Covid services, including for people experiencing other long-term conditions.

Applications are open now until Friday, March 24th, 2023.

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The survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete, and all responses are anonymous. The survey will be open until 31st March 2023 and will inform follow up workshops in April/May 2023, where participants will have an opportunity to hear about the survey results and help develop the Vision and Framework further.

Are you an unpaid carer, looking after someone who lives in the Vale of Glamorgan? Vale of Glamorgan Council Carers Services are holding an event for unpaid carers on 30 March 2023 at Barry Memorial Hall between 1pm and 6pm

Date:23rd March 2023 10.30am - 12.00pm

Location : Online

Not sure if you qualify!

Attend the online drop in session for more information, please select the link to reserve your place.

Tell Us Once is free to use and makes it easier to report a death to government departments and local council services. Your local registrar will advise you on how to use the service – this can be face-to-face, online or by phone.

The Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board in partnership with Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) and Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) have allocated £283,800 in total, to support unpaid carers with short breaks from their caring role. The Fund is administered by C3SC in partnership with GVS. The programme is open for applications from 20th February 2023 with a deadline for submission of 31st March 2023.

To view the Next Steps Newsletter from the Stroke Association please click here.

To view the March 2023 update from MS-UK please click the link