February marks LGBT+ History Month and this year’s theme is medicine. The month will serve to highlight the past, present and future of LGBT+ people within medicine, including the pioneering work done by queer people in history and the health inequalities still faced today.

Dental public health experts at Public Health Wales have welcomed the findings from a recent child dental health inspection programme which shows that the proportion of young children in Wales with experience of tooth decay has continued to fall since the start of reporting in 2007/08.

February is Heart Month and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are celebrating by highlighting ways you can show your heart some love. In Wales, heart problems and circulatory disease are a major cause of ill health and death. According to the British Heart Foundation around 39,000 people in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan live with heart-related diseases.

Monday 5th February 2024, 10am - 12pm

Barry Library

Are you an unpaid carer or do you support someone living with MS? The Breathing Space project provides short breaks for unpaid carers supporting people living with MS. Carers can access the breaks themselves or bring along the person they care for.

Our regular Calon Chorus community singing sessions continue throughout the year in Cardiff. Calon Chorus is open to anyone who has loved and lost someone with dementia.

What3Words Campaign launched in partnership with the VOG Council Glamorgan Heritage Coast Team, NHS, National Coast Watch Institute & Coast Guard, RNLI and community partners to assist walkers and families out enjoying the Vale coastline

More needs to be done to make homes affordable, to protect the health and well-being of everyone in Wales. In a new report, Public Health Wales highlights how the cost of living crisis is making homes less affordable for more people and how this is impacting on their health.

A spokesperson for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said: "The Health Board is committed to securing the future of Redlands Surgery and ensuring access to primary care services within Eastern Vale.

Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing Lynne Neagle has confirmed the Welsh Government will press ahead with plans to ban disposable vapes and support UK Government legislation to increase the smoking age and restrict sales of vapes.

Increased availability of community pharmacy services has meant hundreds of thousands of people haven’t needed GP consultations, Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced.

New Free Women only FAN (Friends and Neighbours) Group welcomes all women to meet in friendship and talk about their daily lives whatever their background or religion. It is particularly useful for people whose first language is not English. The group meets every Wednesday, 1pm to 2pm at The Gathering Place, Flemingston Rd., St Athan CF62 4JH.

The new and improved Volunteering Wales website is a simple, effective and completely free way for organisations to recruit and manage volunteers. Managed by TSSW (Third Sector Support Wales), Volunteering Wales links volunteers with the voluntary organisations that need them, and it couldn’t be simpler to take advantage of it.

The Programme is open for applications from 26th January 2024 with a deadline for submission of 5pm, 16th February 2024.

Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC), working in partnership with The Cardiff and Vale Regional

Date: 7th March 2024, 10am - 2pm

Location: Memo Arts Centre, Gladstone Road, Barry, CF62 8NA.

Giving young people a voice

The introduction of Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) would save lives in the UK, according to a consultation response by Public Health Wales.

Cardiff & Vale Health Charity, the official charity of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, are working with NWSSP Specialist Estates Services and Property Agents Savills around expressions of interest for the sale of Rookwood Hospital as a whole or in parts.

Public health experts in Wales are encouraging all pregnant women and parents of babies and young children to ensure that they have had their Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccinations as cases in Wales show rapid increase in recent weeks.

When Ian Hampson was placed in a medically-induced coma at the University Hospital of Wales in October 2022, his heartbroken family feared the worst. The dad-of-six, who has a history of lung problems, was taken to critical care after his chest infection progressed to pneumonia, sepsis and then septic shock which resulted in multi-organ failure.