Business in the Community (BITC), The Prince’s Responsible Business Network, has today announced its partnership with Simplyhealth, a leading healthcare company committed to improving affordable access across the UK.

Patients in Rhyl are the first in Wales to benefit from a new electronic prescription service, which allows GPs to send prescriptions securely online to the patient’s choice of community pharmacy, without the need for a paper form.

Join us for a free event to celebrate the Vale of Glamorgan joining the World Health Organisation’s Global Network for Age Friendly cities and communities. All welcome!

A new review published by Public Health Wales and Bangor University in the journal BMC Public Health has shown how parental ‘technoference’ can influence adolescents’ mental health and behavioural outcomes.

The data science team at Public Health Wales’ Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre has been jointly awarded funding to develop new tools that will help protect care home residents from infectious diseases.

Around one in 11 adults in Wales could be living with diabetes by 2035 if current trends continue, according to a new analysis by Public Health Wales on World Diabetes Day. This would be an additional 48,000 people with the disease, and a 22 per cent increase compared with 2021/22.

A clinician who works with babies and children with severe hip dysplasia has praised Public Health Wales’ CARIS project, which collects data on congenital anomalies in Wales and is celebrating 25 years of operation.

Last week, Shaping Change’s Innovation Team at Cardiff and Vale UHB and Cardiff and Vale Regional Innovation Coordination Hub (RIC Hub) presented to Vaughan Gething, Welsh Government Minister for Economy at a regional innovation event at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

More than 300 people in Wales are diagnosed with mouth cancer each year, and unfortunately most are found to have the disease at a later stage when it’s harder to treat.

Public health experts are urging those eligible to get their flu vaccine before the worst of the winter flu season begins.

The Chief Medical Officer for Wales has called on people with clinical vulnerabilities to come forward for their winter vaccinations to protect themselves and the health service.

The Deputy Minister for Social Services, Julie Morgan, has urged people to speak up if they are concerned about child abuse, as a new national campaign launches at the start of National Safeguarding Week.

Thousands of organisers took part in HMD last year by organising events, putting up displays and running activities. We would be honoured if your organisation would join us in marking HMD 2024. 

Grow Well community garden at Riverside Health Centre featured on BBC The One Show this week, following being shortlisted for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and One Show ‘Growing Together Award’ for community gardening.

Public Health experts are urging those eligible to get their flu vaccine before the worst of the winter flu season begins. To maximize their protection against flu, people need to get vaccinated a few weeks before the flu season starts – usually it begins around early December. Vaccination will help to protect them from getting seriously ill before Christmas and the New Year when flu cases are expected to peak.

Public Health Wales is pleased to announce its role in the establishment of Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK), a transformative initiative which will help tackle societal and economic challenges in the UK.

A team of researchers from Public Health Wales have developed a handbook to guide professionals and organisations on how to implement work to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is in an improved position thanks to the collaborative efforts of colleagues and partner organisations, and importantly the support of the public. Subsequently the Health Board has de-escalated the status from Business Continuity Incident to Level 4 (extreme pressure) effective today (November 9th 2023). The situation will continue to be routinely assessed, however there is a considerable amount of work still to be done to maintain this stability more longer term.

Due to significant and sustained adverse demand on services, particularly within the Emergency Unit, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has declared a Business Continuity Incident.

As winter approaches and demand on GPs and emergency care services rises, NHS Wales’ Chief Executive Judith Paget is reminding everyone of the different services available across Wales for quick and quality treatment.