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Funding has been awarded from Wales Cancer Network and Bevan Commission Innovation fund for a Suspected Cancer Health Optimisation and Prehabilitation Project.

“While we can’t all be home for Christmas, we’re doing everything we can to make sure our patients can be” is the poignant message of an uplifting festive video celebrating the incredible contribution of NHS staff.

Flu is on the rise in Gwent- in the last week we have seen nearly a 50% increase in flu cases across our communities, and large increase in the number people being admitted to hospital with severe flu. We are urging anyone who is eligible for a free flu vaccination to take up their offer without delay- you can now walk-in to any of our mass vaccination centres without an appointment.

Today, industrial action is being taken by a trade union representing staff in the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust. This action will have a significant impact on the ambulance service’s ability to respond to calls, and may also cause delays to some of our urgent care services.

Like the rest of Wales, our services remain under extreme pressure this week. We are seeing an increase in people attending all our services with Flu, Covid and other respiratory illnesses and this is resulting in long waits for patients.

The Energy Networks Association has a website providing members of the public with helpful advice on what to do should you experience power cuts.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB)’s anaesthetic department has become the first in Wales to stop the use of highly pollutive desflurane gas, across all hospital sites.

Our Booking Centre staff are currently ringing patients to arrange an appointment and will be calling from a number beginning with 0330.

Please be assured that our Health Board will not be taking part in the strikes and therefore any outpatient appointments planned will not be affected. Please attend your scheduled appointment as normal unless you have been informed otherwise by the department you are attending.

Gwent Mum, Cally Ahearne, has commemorated her son, who tragically passed 90 minutes after birth, by donating a CuddleCot to The Grange University Hospital.

If you are eligible, you can now walk-in to any of our vaccination sites and receive a Covid-19 Autumn Booster without an appointment

We are currently seeing high numbers of winter viruses spreading throughout Gwent and our services have been under severe pressure all weekend.

“Upset, ashamed and frightened” – this is not how anybody would want NHS staff to feel…