News

It has been brought to our attention that members of the public are experiencing unusually long waits to speak to a call handler within the Mass Vaccination Booking Centre...

It may be necessary for visitors to accompany patients/service users to scheduled appointments in our healthcare setting. This may be supported in the following situations, further exceptions may be made following discussion with the relevant department:

Team County at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board are finalists in the Nursing Older People category of the RCN Nursing Awards 2021.

They were shortlisted for the profession’s top accolade for nursing excellence from hundreds of entries by a panel of nurse leaders, and will find out if they have won at a live-streamed ceremony on 12th October 2021. 

We’re experiencing a large volume of calls within the Mass Vaccination Booking Centre and request that anyone calling to cancel or rearrange their appointment to select option 1 to leave a voicemail message.

The Transport to Health project has awarded its first cash grants to two successful applicants.

If you have recently received your letter inviting you to attend for your Covid-19 booster vaccination, the letter will have informed you that you may be offered a flu vaccine at the same time.

We are delighted that our Vice Chair, Emrys Elias, has been appointed as the new Chair of Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board for up to the next 18 months, following the retirement of Professor Marcus Longley after his 4 year term.

Thursday 23rd  September marks the first Healthy Travel Wales day, an opportunity for businesses and organisations to showcase how they’re helping people make sustainable journeys...

Join us for the Falls Prevention Awareness Week 20-24th September 2021. This week promotes a campaign to increase awareness around falls and injury prevention and continue the conversation to promote healthy aging.

Welsh Government continues to report Alert Level 0 for the general population. However, in line with national guidance COVID measures remain in place on healthcare premises in order to protect extremely vulnerable patients. This includes social distancing and the use of facemasks.

The Patient Choice Award offers patients and the public an opportunity to have their say and to recognise the staff who have made a difference to their lives.

We will be streaming our next Public Board Meeting live on YouTube at 9:30am on Wednesday 22nd September 2021.

Following yesterday’s Welsh Government announcement regarding:

• those who are 12-15 years of age being offered a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination
• the Covid-19 Autumn Booster Programme

We would like to assure our residents that we will be contacting all those eligible for these vaccinations to offer them an appointment over the next few weeks.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board are planning to build a new integrated Health and Wellbeing Centre in Newport East.

JCVI announce Covid-19 booster vaccination for all those currently in priority groups one through to nine.

The Friends of Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden are pleased to share the Summer 2021 edition of their Newsletter....

Further to the message published this morning (see below) we are pleased to advise that the technical upgrade is now complete and the lines are now back to normal.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our Customer Management Centre will be running a reduced service this week (Week commencing 13th September 2021).

Advocacy is one way of supporting people to express what they want from support and services, and to have this taken into account when decisions are being made that affect them.

All of our Hospitals are currently extremely busy.  Please only attend if you really need to. If your condition is not life threatening please call 111 for advice.

Are you aged 16 years and above, or has it been 8 weeks since your first dose? You can now walk in to any of our vaccination clinics to receive your vaccination.

This week is blood pressure awareness week and we are shining a light on blood pressure, what it is, and some of the things that we can do to help keep our blood pressure in a healthy range.