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We are expecting a significant flu season this winter for the first time since the pandemic. There are concerns that it may start earlier this year and affect more people. We urge anyone eligible for a free flu vaccine to take up the offer, in order to protect themselves and others from serious illness this winter.

Welsh Health Specialised Services (WHSSC) is writing a new 10 year strategy for specialised services for the residents of Wales and its responsible population.

Today, we celebrated our staff who have served in the NHS for 25 and 40 years in a range of roles.

We’re delighted to announce that our very own Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist, Carol Davies, has reached the final of the Chwarae Teg Womenspire Awards 2022- a Welsh accolade awarded to Inspirational Women.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s Value-Based Healthcare team, in partnership with Bangor University, would like to learn more from your experience, knowledge and perspective about the use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in our Health Board. 

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is currently considering the ways in which it can transform Adult Mental Health Services for the future in Gwent. Part of this involves looking at the site location for a new centre to provide its specialist inpatient services to adults.

Monday 19th September, the date of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral, will be a national bank holiday. Please note that all GP surgeries and most community pharmacies will be closed on this day.

In light of confirmation that there will be a Bank Holiday to mark the Queen’s state funeral, the Health Board is postponing all planned appointments and clinics on Monday 19^th September 2022.

We are deeply saddened that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has passed away and we join our #NHSWales family in expressing our sincere condolences.

A brand-new Clinical Research Unit was officially opened on Wednesday 7^th September at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, marking Wales’ international contribution to the urgent Public Health Covid-19 studies that resulted in the founding of the life-saving Astra Zeneca vaccine.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is delighted to announce the appointment of Nicola Prygodzicz as the new Chief Executive Officer.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is currently considering the ways in which it can transform Adult Mental Health Services for the future in Gwent. Part of this involves looking at the site location for a new centre to provide its specialist inpatient services to adults.

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been put in place to look at the UK’s preparedness and response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and to learn lessons for the future.

Take a look at the latest events and developments highlighted in the latest Llanfrechfa Walled Garden newsletter 

To help ease pressures, we have recently introduced a new Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC) at The Grange University Hospital.

We're really pleased to announce that our emotional and mental wellbeing website, Melo, has had a big refresh.

Due to essential planned IT maintenance, the Sexual and Reproductive Health Triage phoneline will be closed until 1pm on Wednesday 17^th August.  We plan to re-open at 1pm-4pm. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is celebrating after five of its projects made the finals of this year’s NHS Wales Awards, announced today (Monday 15 August 2022).

The Health Board has been advised of scheduled maintenance to our website on Sunday 14th August 2022 between 9pm and 10pm.

There is a major outage of a computer system that is used to refer patients from NHS 111 Wales to out-of-hours GP providers.

A new team at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has been making strides towards changing care after death culture.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is currently considering the ways in which it can transform Adult Mental Health Services

Join us at Serennu Children's Centre on Sunday 31st July for the Sparkle Summer Carnival Fun Day, between 11:30pm and 4:00pm.

The event is free to enter and everyone is welcome- more details in the poster below!

The Health Board’s much-loved Breastfeeding Advisor, Carol Walton, has been presented with an award for 60 years of NHS service.

Carol attended the Public Board Meeting earlier today and Chair Ann Lloyd presented her with a bespoke glass award and bouquet of flowers to recognise her achievement. Carol brought along some keepsakes to show to Board members.

This month is Good Care Month, which recognises our wonderful social care colleagues and the amazing care they provide. We're fortunate to work closely with fantastic care workers, who help us by supporting patients in their own homes or in care homes once they are discharged from our hospitals.

Stood in the sunny grounds of Maindiff Court Hospital, representatives of a wide range of local organisations and ex-Forces veterans

Due to environmental issues, the Sexual and Reproductive Health Triage phonelines will be closed at 4:00pm today

The Usk and Raglan Community Clinic is a new initiative lead by District Nurses. The Clinic provides high quality, evidence based, person focussed health and social care. The clinic will fulfil the Welsh Government Agenda to achieve a proactive, flexible and sustainable primary care service. 

Notice is hereby given that the next Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden

With effect from Monday 18^th July, the Mass Vaccination Booking Centre Opening Hours will be 8:00am to 6:00pm

The Outpatient Referral & Booking Centre have made temporary changes to their opening hours.

Our very own Ami Jones, Intensive Care Consultant, joined NHS Wales Chief Executive, Judith Paget, to collect the George Cross from the Queen at a ceremony in Windsor Castle yesterday (12 July).

Are you living with dementia? Or do you care for someone with dementia?

You are invited to attend Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 27th July 2022 at 2pm, where we will be presenting our Annual Report and Annual Accounts for 2021/22. A copy of our Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 is available here.

In this hot weather, please take care of yourself and others. Most of us can enjoy the hot weather safely, but please look out for those who are more vulnerable during the heatwave.

Our phone lines are extremely busy at present and call wait times are longer than usual. Please be assured our teams are working hard to answer your call as quickly as possible. 

On Monday 18th July, the way vascular services are delivered in South East Wales will change to ensure the provision of high-quality, safe and effective care is maintained for the future.

With temperatures expected to reach the early 30s over the next week here are some tips for staying safe in the sun.

Weekend Road Closures:  Saturday 9 July – Sunday 10 July

A huge congratulations to Specialist Support Workers, Kevin Hale and Dorian Wood, who have been nominated for a prestigious national RCN Nursing Award in the Nursing Support Award category!

The Welsh Government has approved plans for the building of a new Health & Wellbeing Centre in the Newport East area.

The Gwent Regional Partnership Board led the development of plans for the new centre, with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board working together with Newport City Council, Newport City Homes and other partner organisations. The new Health and Wellbeing Centre will form part of a vibrant community hub for Newport East residents.

Interns at Nevill Hall Hospital have reached the end of the first course of a pilot scheme, where they've been working with different departments within the Facilities team.

This week is National Dietitians Week, it is always an important week in our calendars as it gives our profession a fantastic platform to highlight the important work we do all year round.

Due to the increasing prevalence of Covid-19 in the community, the increased number of Covid-19 ward outbreaks and the numbers of staff absent with Covid-19, we are asking all hospital staff and visitors to wear masks in clinical areas, with immediate effect.

We are pleased to announce the re-opening of the Chepstow Community Cabin.

This week is National Blood Donor Week and on Tuesday as part of World Blood Donor Day, we visited a Welsh Blood Donor centre in Ystrad Mynach to show you exactly what’s involved in giving blood and how your blood can save lives.

Thursday 9th June 2022

We have a really exciting opportunity to join the organisation as our new Chief Executive!

Join us at the Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden on Saturday 25th June 2022 for produce-a-plenty and lots of fun.

We are delighted to announce that after 2 years on furlough, the Therapy Dog Volunteering Service is making a gradual return to the Health Board, starting in the Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Division.

Please note- the phone lines for the Outpatient Referral & Booking Centre will be inactive on Thursday 2^nd and Friday 3^rd June 2022, due to the bank holidays.

However, our phone lines will be open as normal on Saturday 4^th June, 08:00-12:00.

The Board Bulletin is a summary of the following items discussed at the public meeting of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board on Wednesday 25th May 2022.

From this week, it is no longer a legal requirement for visitors to wear masks or face coverings when entering healthcare premises in Wales, as announced by Welsh Government.  Within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, we will continue to support and encourage our patients and communities to wear masks/face coverings when entering our facilities across Gwent, making them available in public spaces, wards and departments.  

We are pleased to be able to relax visiting restrictions from 31^st May 2022 across Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, as a result to changes to Welsh Government's Covid-19 rules.

The Help Me Quit team are officially back out in the community delivering group face-to-face sessions. Alongside this, you can still opt to have your sessions virtually or via telephone to suit your individual needs.

Please note that to allow us to carry out improvement works, Belle Vue entrance at the Royal Gwent Hospital will be closed for approximately 4 weeks from the week commencing 13th June 2022.

It’s Brain Injury Awareness week, so we caught up with Thomas from the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service (CNRS). The team offer rehabilitation support to adults in Gwent and Caerphilly after their discharge with a stroke or acquired brain injury to understand their condition, develop and re-learn skills, return to hobbies or employment, optimise quality of life, and increase independence and self-management in the community. 

Dementia Action Week takes place this year between 16^th and 22^nd May 2022.

Staff and patients at Oak and Rowan Wards at County Community Hospital have celebrated the week with lots of meaningful activities, which will greatly benefit patients’ recovery.

A new online map has been launched to help people in Newport find ways to improve their wellbeing. Your Newport is an exciting NEW and FREE online tool that connects people to everything that can help their mental and physical wellbeing in their local area.

Having an unhealthy mouth and decayed teeth affects your overall health. Did you know that gum disease isn't just bad news for your teeth, it's also linked to serious health problems in other parts of your body?

A Victorian Walled Garden, on the site of The Grange University Hospital, has been officially opened to the public.

The Minister for Health and Social Services has confirmed the appointment of Mr Dafydd Vaughan as Independent Member (Digital) for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

The Referral and Booking Centres at both St Woolos and Nevill Hall have now re-opened on a Saturday between 08:00 and 12:00.

Eid Mubarak to everyone!

"Eid means happiness, comfort and tranquillity in your heart and soul." Here, Farid Khan, Muslim Chaplain at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, explains the true meaning of Eid and offers an Eid blessing.

There will be a telephone outage for 2 hours between 20.00 - 22.00 on Thursday 28th April 2022 at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr Birth Centre.  

Wednesday 20th April 2022

Audio speaker systems with a push button pad are now available at entrances throughout the Royal Gwent and Grange University Hospitals. The audio speakers will allow anyone who witnesses smoking on site/at entrances to anonymously press the button, which will play a recorded message to remind those who are smoking that it is not permitted.

The new Mynydd Mawr Memorial Garden at Nevill Hall Hospital was officially opened on Saturday 16th April 2022.

Our phone lines are extremely busy at present and call wait times are longer than usual. Please be assured our teams are working hard to answer your call as quickly as possible. 

We are pleased to have been able to reduce visiting restrictions across our hospital sites, however we would like to remind our residents that patients attending the Emergency Department may only bring one person to accompany them. We are, unfortunately, unable to accommodate more than one visitor per patient due to the size of the Emergency Department’s waiting area, and at busy times, we may ask visitors to wait elsewhere if there are space constraints.

The Level 0 entrance (also known as Green Entrance 2) at the Royal Gwent Hospital will be CLOSED until the end of April 2022 due to improvement works.

Wednesday 6th April 2022

We are pleased to be able to further reduce visiting restrictions from 7th April 2022 across Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.  We are continuing to take a cautious approach due to the prevalence of Covid in the Community but also the numbers of patients we have who are Covid-positive in our hospitals.

We’re delighted to invite you to the official opening of the Mynydd Mawr Remembrance Garden- our new and improved baby memorial garden at Nevill Hall Hospital.

The ceremony will take place on Saturday 16th April 2022, at 3pm, at Nevill Hall Hospital.

This week is World Autism Awareness Week so Allan Huxtable-Goy who works in our Theatres Team at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr has shared his diagnosis journey which occurred only at the end of last year.

Join us in cheering on Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr Chef, Ceriann Robbins, on her first full marathon in Manchester on Sunday!

Following our announcement on Tuesday evening, we are pleased to announce that we have now de-escalated from ‘business continuity’ status.

Thank you to all Gwent residents for your patience, support and questions. Our hospitals and services remain incredibly busy today and we would ask local people to help us by following the advice we issued last night.

The Health Board is under sustained and unprecedented pressure. Despite actions to try to stabilise our services, today we have had to declare a state of ‘business continuity’.

Our Emergency Department at The Grange University Hospital is extremely busy, and we have seen a record number of attendances, and waits to see a doctor, in some cases, are greater than 14 hours where the patient’s condition isn’t life threatening. We have very few beds available across our hospitals to accommodate patients requiring admission.

Yesterday, Monday 28^th March 2022, the Health Board held the first Staff Recognition Awards since before the Covid-19 Pandemic began.

Postponed from December 2021, the event- which usually sees colleagues from across the Health Board gathering to celebrate each other’s achievements at the Christchurch Centre in Newport- was held virtually for the very first time.

From Monday 28th March, our Mass Vaccination team will be relocating from Cwmbran Stadium to its new location at the Coleg Gwent Pontypool Campus.

On Wednesday 23rd March 2022, the ‘National Day of Reflection’ organised by Marie Curie, marks the second anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown. 

Thursday 17th March the Welsh Government and DHSC announced consultation on the regulations and code of practice for the implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) .

Please note that from the week commencing Monday 21st March 2022, there is likely to be a delay in responding to any messages left on the General Dermatology answer phone, due to staff sickness and isolation in the General Dermatology department.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

We are currently in the process of contacting certain groups of patients on our waiting lists via text message.

A new guide to help Gwent residents choose the right healthcare service will be delivered to homes across the area from today.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has launched the new booklet- entitled NHS Services for you and your Family – to offer advice to residents of the area when they need medical help but are unsure where to go.

The Referral and Booking Centre is currently experiencing printing issues, which may result in a delay with some patients receiving their outpatient letters relating to the following specialities:

We are currently in the process of carrying out improvement works to expand The Grange University Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) and Children’s Emergency Assessment Unit (CEAU).

In honour of it being National Careers Week (7th – 12th March), we met with Arian, a Management Graduate who is currently working in the Health Board and completing a Masters degree through the NHS Wales Management Graduate scheme.

International Women’s Day, on 8^th March, celebrates the achievements of women across the world.

Today, we’re celebrating the achievements of our staff, who accomplish so much every day in their roles.

Making up 81% of our Health Board's workforce, we simply couldn't do what we do without them!

When contacting our Referral and Booking team via email, please always remember to include the following information:

The Health Board's Care After Death Team (CAD) lit 1000 tealights outside the Minor Injuries Unit at Nevill Hall Hospital this week.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board appreciates how important it is for patients and their loved ones to see each other whilst they are receiving care in hospital.

It’s only two weeks till National No Smoking Day 2022 and we want YOU to say no to smoking!

Women's health topics can often feel awkward or difficult to talk about, so we'll be shining a spotlight on these subjects next month.

Are there any particular themes you'd like us to cover?