As of 1st December 2023, all mental health settings across Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, including residential units, wards, buildings, grounds and vehicles, are now smoke-free.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board colleague John Webber has recently donated his 76th pint of blood.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board have officially been listed as finalists for ‘Macro Employer of the Year’.

Trainee cardiothoracic surgeon, Christopher Roche has recently won the Ronald Edwards Medal for Best Scientific Oral Presentation for his work on 3D bioprinted hydrogel patches containing cardiac spheroids, used to recover heart function post myocardial infarction (heart attack).

Here at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, we take your safety and security seriously. That’s why we’re supporting Counter Terrorism Policing’s campaign to encourage everyone to help keep each other safe this winter.

Colleagues from our Integrated Children’s Community Nursing Service were delighted to receive more than 50 homemade blankets from local group Cwtchy Quilts.

Running from 27 November to 11 December, the Use Your Welsh campaign encourages people across Cardiff and the Vale to use their Welsh in any setting that they can and are able to.

The Welsh Government has responded to the latest NHS Performance data published today (November 23rd).

Thursday – 14th December 2023 Online via Teams 11.30 am – 12.30 pm. Join us for a talk on fatigue and ways to help manage it. There will be an opportunity for questions.

The Vale Family Information Service which houses The Index and The Childcare Offer are working towards their Families First Quality Award. We've been working very hard to ensure that our service is meeting a number of set standards and meeting the expectations to demonstrate excellence in the work that we do.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are looking at the future of Cataract Services in South East Wales.

Our Me Time sessions are a series of online activities to support your wellbeing, run by Carers Wales but open to carers across the UK.   

For December and The New Year’s Calendar of online sessions please click here.

29th Nov - Young people & epilepsy: Top tips to manage anxiety session

The QuickChange project pilot won the UKPHR Improving Public Health Practice to Reduce Health Inequalities award in October and the judges highlighted that this was a well-planned project, with good partnership working demonstrated throughout.

Children and young people in Wales who rely on technology to communicate now have access to young Welsh-accented voices and Welsh language versions, the Deputy Minister for Social Services, Julie Morgan, has announced.

A woman who has relied on antibiotics since birth has joined calls for people to act to help combat the overuse of these vital medicines.

The Deputy Minister for Social Services, Julie Morgan, has marked Carers Rights Day today (November 23rd) by praising the important role of unpaid carers in communities across Wales and highlighting the support available to them.

AstraZeneca, the UK’s leading life science company, are the latest organisation to sign up to a charter to promote health care innovation in Wales.

Grow Cardiff are recruiting for a part-time Schools Engagement Officer to join our team.