Local & National News for Wales
HYWEL Dda University Health Board's (UHB) first solar farm has been installed at Hafan Derwen, located on the Parc Dewi Sant site. The 1,098 panels have been installed on an area covering just over one acre. The 450 KW solar farm scheme aims to deliver on-site generated electricity directly to the Hafan Derwen site, which is estimated to lead to an annual carbon savings of 120.43tCo2e, along with financial savings. The surrounding land is being developed to enhance biodiversity providing an...
HYWEL Dda University Health Board (UHB) has recruited 45 international nurses and plans to increase this number significantly over the...
ALL staff and visitors to Glangwili Hospital must wear face masks (unless exempt) with immediate effect due to the increasing prevalence of COVID-19 in the community, Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) has confirmed. This follows the decision made earlier this week to reinstate both mask wearing and visiting restrictions at Withybush Hospital. Visiting will continue in general at Glangwili Hospital following the latest review of case numbers but local ward restrictions are in place so please contact the ward to arrange your visit in advance Mandy Rayani, Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Experience for...
HYWEL Dda University Health Board (UHB) is reminding anyone who is eligible and has not yet come forward for their spring COVID-19 booster to take up their offer by the deadline of Thursday, 30 June 2022. A deadline of 30 June has been introduced to ensure all those eligible for the spring booster will have a long-enough interval between this and the autumn 2022 booster, if they are also eligible. People aged 75 years and over, those who will celebrate their 75th birthday before or on 30 June, older residents in care homes and those aged 12 years and over with a weakened immune system (as defined as "immunosuppressed" in table 3 and 4 of the Green Book's chapter 14a...
HYWEL Dda University Health Board has been recognised for its support towards staff who have caring duties outside the workplace. The heath board recently achieved the Carer Confident...
PATIENTS across southwest Wales have been given a boost following the installation of a brand new, £2.2m state-of-the-art CT scanner at Glangwili General Hospital. The scanner, which has been funded by a Welsh Government grant, incorporates the latest technology available and will greatly improve the patient experience with increased resolution and faster scan times. Wrist and elbow scans can now be performed with the patient sitting in a chair, and the imaging can be performed in 4D. Cardiac scans can be acquired in a single heartbeat and will allow Glangwili to provide a Cardiac CT service to our patients and the new scanner means that brain...
THERE have been 150 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the Hywel Dda Health Board area by Public Health Wales (PHW),...
A REGIONAL pathology centre which could cost nearly £80 million looks a step closer in Swansea. The building at Morriston...
THERE have been 214 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the Hywel Dda Health Board area by Public Health Wales (PHW)...
THERE have been 516 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the Hywel Dda Health Board area by Public Health Wales (PHW)...
