News

Hospitals in Wales are to benefit from a new high-tech digital-monitoring system for seriously ill people in Intensive Care Units. 

The new Grange University Hospital in Llanfrechfa, which is scheduled for early opening in November 2020, will be the first to adopt the new system in summer 2021. Planned roll out will then follow to all NHS Wales Intensive Care Units.

Members of the public in Newport are being advised of the need to be vigilant for the symptoms of Coronavirus, and of the vital need to stick to social distancing guidelines, as a rise in cases there causes concern.

Friday 11th September 2020

In the last week, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has seen a significant rise in positive COVID-19 cases within the community, investigations have indicated that a lack of social distancing in all age groups, in a range of different locations, has contributed to the spread of the virus.

On Thursday 10^th September, Laing O’Rourke, the main contractors for The Grange University Hospital, donated a shipping container to the 'Woodshed', based at St. Cadoc’s Hospital.

The Woodshed is a Mental Health Woodwork Therapy project for Mental Health patients at the hospital.

On Thursday 10th September 2020, Dr Sarah Aitken and Dr David Hepburn took part in a Live Question and Answer session to discuss how the people of Gwent could all help to prevent a second wave of Covid-19.

Anyone who missed the very informative session can watch the video on the Health Board's Facebook page. 

Following the lockdown in Caerphilly, for residents who were shielding prior to 16th of August and remain on the Shielding Patient List, there is no change to the advice from the Chief Medical Officer for Wales.

Following the local lockdown of the Caerphilly County area from 6pm yesterday (8th September), please see more detailed information on how the recent restrictions could affect your local Health Care services and the way you access them:

From 6pm tonight (Tuesday 8th September 2020), the Caerphilly County Borough Council area will become an enhanced local health protection area and several new Lockdown restrictions come into force.

Join us for our next Live Q&A Session on Facebook, this Thursday, 10th September 2020, at 6:00pm, where Dr Sarah Aitken and Dr Dave Hepburn will be discussing 'How you can help prevent a second wave of #COVID-19'.

If you have any questions, please send them to us via Facebook, Twitter, or you can e-mail them to us at abhb.enquiries@wales.nhs.uk

In order to ensure the safety of the public, patients and health care staff from 6pm today, all Caerphilly Dental Practices will only be able provide urgent/essential dental care and will not see any patients who live outside the borough for routine dental care at this time.

You may have noticed that our Emergency departments (A and E) are once again very busy. 

Guiding the Board in the responsible and effective conduct of its role providing where appropriate, a discreet challenging and independent voice in relation to Board deliberations and decision making....

Welsh Government are pausing shielding in Wales on Sunday 16th August 2020.

Work is underway on the new £3m Primary Care Centre in Llanbradach. Work started in March 2020 and the new building is expected to be complete in spring 2021.

Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation have teamed up to create a post COVID hub.

Our Chief Executive, Judith Paget, recently met volunteer, Barry Carpenter, from Abergavenny.

We are proud to be supporting the #DistanceAware campaign.

In this heart-warming video, filmed by one of our very own Intensive Care Consultants, Dr Nick Mason, former Covid-19 patients, who received treatment in the Health Board's Intensive Care Unit, express their sincere thanks and appreciation to the staff who cared for them throughout their hospitalisation.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is supporting the National Cycle to Work Day which returns on Thursday 6th August with a twist.

We are currently going through unprecedented times and we need to ensure that we have blood and platelet products to treat patients in need.

From 30 July, people who have tested positive for coronavirus will have to self-isolate for 10 days instead of 7 days. The 10 day period starts from the day symptoms start, or if asymptomatic from the day a test is taken.  As before a test should be arranged within 5 days of symptoms starting. This will also apply to health and social care workers.

NHS Wales have launched three new self-management Apps for healthcare professionals and patients who suffer from Asthma and COPD.

We want to thank YOU for thanking us and for your continued support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Join us on Thursday 30th July 2020 at 3.30p.m for our next Facebook Live Q&A.

We understand that due to the current visiting restrictions still in place, relatives have been experiencing difficulty delivering patient property to our wards. We have therefore put the following process in place -

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Hafan Deg staff and patients have discovered a love of gardening...

This afternoon (Wednesday 22nd July), staff at the Royal Gwent Hospital had the opportunity  to meet Vaughan Gething, Minister for Health and Social Care in Wales, as he thanked them for their amazing work throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Please find below a link to the Health Board's latest edition of Nye's Board News which sets out the main areas of discussion and provides a quick overview of decisions at our July 2020 'Virtual' Public Board meeting.

Yesterday, the Welsh Government issued revised guidance for hospital visiting in Wales.

Whilst we are changing some of the restrictions around visiting, strict rules must still be in place to protect staff, patients and visitors.

In the last decade, the Health Board has made consistent progress with reducing both energy consumption and Carbon Emissions...

Our school nurses have an important message for children about COVID-19, the importance of handwashing and how children keep themselves safe and well.

Did you know our Cancer services have been continuing throughout the Covid-19 pandemic?

Take a look at  this video of the Grange University Hospital, which shows the building of the hospital condensed from three years into 17 seconds.

Please note the following road closures on the A465 between Brynmawr & Gilwern from 10th-13th July, 13th-17th July (overnight) and 24th-27th July.
 

The Health Board has always supported the annual PRIDE March through the streets of Cardiff to show our support for our LGBT+ community and staff, but as this year this isn’t possible due to the Pandemic we wanted to let you know that our PRIDE celebrations will be moving online.

Armed Forces Day takes place on the last Saturday each June, landing on the 27th of June in 2020. The day is a chance to show your support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community; from veterans to currently serving troops, service families and cadets.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has established a new service to help COVID-19 patients who had been ventilated in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or Respiratory High Dependency Unit (HDU).

The Royal Gwent Hospital’s Respiratory Team set up this unique collaborative Rehabilitation Programme to support and aid the recovery of formerly ventilated COVID-19 patients post discharge. 

There’s a heatwave on the way....  Why do we need to keep well hydrated?

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board are delighted to have won a Go Awards Wales Award in the Go Excellence in Public Procurement Awards on Friday 19^th June 2020.

Pictures of rainbows made in local communities during the Covid-19 outbreak are to be collated and digitally knitted together to make a large scale art work for the Grange University Hospital. 

Screening programmes in Wales will start sending invitations and reminders again to people eligible for screening, starting with Cervical Screening Wales from the end of June.

The UK Government honours system recognises people who have dedicated themselves to serving and helping the nation and/ or will have made significant achievements in public life.

Are you a child or young person looked after by the Local Authority or Social Services in Gwent?

In this video message, Cerys Lock, Specialist Nurse for Looked After Children, provides reassurance that we are still here for you should you need us.

Bike Week, delivered by Cycling UK, is an annual celebration to showcase cycling. Thousands of people all over the UK enjoy the simple pleasure of riding a bike. 

Over the past few weeks our Occupational Therapy Department has been busy working with clients to create an outside garden to the rear of Hywel Dda, the Lower Monmouthshire Community Mental Health base. 

We would like to remind you that our hospital visiting restrictions announced on 28th April are still in place.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK in January 2020,  4.5 million additional people  become unpaid carers in a matter of weeks. 

Welsh Water have advised us that there has been a record demand for water over the last 72 hours. Read some of the simple hints and tips on how to avoid wasting water on the Welsh Water website.

This week (1st – 5th June) we celebrate Dietitians Week. This is our annual celebration of dietitians, dietetics and those that work to support them.

In response to the Welsh Government’s Test, Trace, Protect strategy, partners including Public Health Wales, the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and the five Local Authorities in Gwent have joined forces to start contact tracing in Gwent and the service will go live on Monday June 1.

1st June- 5th June 2020 is Volunteers’ Week. Throughout the week we’ll be celebrating all the amazing volunteers that have helped us get through the last few months.

We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to show their appreciation for our staff and for all key workers over the past ten weeks by clapping and cheering every Thursday evening.

The second phase will be on Monday June 8th at 13:00 and will migrate calls inbound to the Royal Gwent.

Wednesday 27th May 2020

We are absolutely delighted to announce that our 600th patient has recovered from Coronavirus! This means that 600 of our Coronavirus patients have now become well enough to leave our Hospitals in Gwent and go home to their families.

Wales will play a vital role in finding a way out of the coronavirus pandemic when the next phase of a UK-led study is announced Friday May 22^nd.

As the theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is Kindness, we thought we’d share some of the countless acts of kindness we’ve seen from our communities over recent months.

Kindness has been the one thing bringing people together during these times of separation, and the incredibly generous donations and messages of support we have received have shown just how kind people can be.

It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and it's more important than ever to look after the Mental Health and Well-being of ourselves than others during these difficult times.

Take a look at our '5 Ways to Well-being' guide, which provides lots of useful information about how we can all look to improve our Mental Health and Well-being.

From Monday 18th May  everyone in Wales with coronavirus symptoms can book a test..