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Published on July 1, 2024 - 09:26 GMT

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board appoints new Executive Medical, Life Science and Precision Medicine Director

1st July 2024 We are delighted to formally announce the appointment of Dr David Fluck as the new Executive Medical Director. Following a robust process, David was chosen unanimously by the panel as a result of his demonstrable and significant experience as …

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Published on June 27, 2024 - 14:10 GMT

New Swansea Bay cancer research centre boosts Wales’ oncology capabilities

27th June 2024 Our National Director of Support and Delivery, Dr Nicola Williams, has hailed the launch of a new clinical suite at Swansea’s Singleton Hospital which will carry out a range of oncology and haematology trials. For the first time, the award- …

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Published on June 27, 2024 - 14:10 GMT

Faculty: How clinician Helen Munro is shaping women’s health policies in Wales

27th June 2024 Meet Dr Helen Munro, an esteemed consultant specialising in sexual and reproductive care, based at Hywel Dda University Health Board, whose research contributions are improving healthcare policy and practice in Wales and beyond. Dr Helen …

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Published on June 24, 2024 - 14:11 GMT

Hospital tool for identifying unwell children ineffective in general practice

24th June 2024 Researchers at the Wales Centre for Primary and Emergency Care Research (PRIME Centre Wales), funded by Health and Care Research Wales, have found that a major clinical tool used in hospitals, is unsuitable for general practice in its …

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Published on June 20, 2024 - 05:46 GMT

Continuing Healthcare in Wales: The Key Issues

19th June 2024 The NHS in Wales is currently facing unprecedented challenges, with a surge in red (immediately life-threatening) calls to 999, a significant number of patients who are medically fit for discharge but still in hospitals across Wales, and a …

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Published on June 20, 2024 - 05:46 GMT

A year on as an ENRICH Cymru Research Facilitator

20th June 2024 Leanne Brake started her role as an ENRICH Cymru Research Facilitator in June 2023 and since then, she has helped the team recruit five more care homes to the network, built great relationships and supported 12 research studies with care …

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Published on June 14, 2024 - 01:41 GMT

Paperless clinic and kits to reduce medicine waste winners at NHS awards

14th June 2024 Healthcare professionals have been awarded for their successes in making NHS services more environmentally friendly at the Welsh Sustainability awards 2024. The Chief Nursing Officer’s Sustainability in Nursing and Midwifery award – a new …

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Published on June 12, 2024 - 01:46 GMT

New funding to help pioneering brain tumour research in Wales

12th June 2024 A new brain tumour research fund has been set up to bring together academic and clinical leaders to foster a thriving brain tumour research community in Wales. Dr James Powell, a Clinical Academic at the Wales Cancer Research Centre (WCRC) …

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Published on June 10, 2024 - 01:44 GMT

Gwent resident urges people to get checked for diabetes after turning his life around amid Type 2 diabetes diagnosis

10th June 2024 There are currently 44,000 people living with diabetes in Gwent and many more people at risk of developing diabetes in the future. Type 1 diabetes often presents rapidly over days or weeks with some or all the symptoms of 4T’s, thirst, …

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Published on June 7, 2024 - 07:09 GMT

Biotech Firm Developing ‘Revolutionary’ Diagnostic Tests

7th June 2024 A Cardiff biotech firm is at the forefront of an innovative diagnostic test for multiple sclerosis. Immunoserv is performing clinical validation studies which build on the success it achieved with a Covid 19 T cell blood test. The firm was co …

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Published on June 7, 2024 - 01:45 GMT

Written Statement: 2023-24 pay award offers to junior doctors, SAS doctors and consultants to stop the strikes

We have today made a formal pay award offer to each of the three BMA branches of practices – junior doctors, SAS doctors and consultants – for 2023-24, following successful negotiations over the last two months. We would like to thank members of the BMA’s …

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Published on June 7, 2024 - 01:45 GMT

Written Statement: Social Care Workforce Delivery Plan 2024-27

I am pleased to publish the Social Care Workforce Delivery Plan 2024-27. This builds on the work already begun as part of A Healthier Wales: Our Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care Workforce, which was published in 2020 and sets out our 10-year …

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Published on June 4, 2024 - 02:07 GMT

Cystic fibrosis research empowers Sophie to conquer Atlantic rowing challenge

4th June 2024 A brave cystic fibrosis patient from Haverfordwest who has been under the care of a specialist research team for more than a decade is defying the odds by rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. Sophie Pierce, 31, is determined to become the first …

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Published on May 31, 2024 - 02:08 GMT

Cancer Research UK awards 5 year funding for the Lead Cancer Research Nurse for Wales

31st May 2024 Wales is to receive a share of £5.9m to help cancer patients receive ground-breaking new cancer medicines, it was revealed today. The investment by Cancer Research UK will fund a UK-wide network of Senior Research Nurses. Wales will benefit …

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Published on May 23, 2024 - 04:02 GMT

First in Wales Arts and Health Charter launched by Hywel Dda UHB

23rd May 2024 Hywel Dda University Health Board has officially launched its Arts and Health Charter, a promise to the public to integrate arts into the work of the health board. The Charter is a first in Wales, if not the UK, and will be delivered through …

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Published on May 22, 2024 - 06:50 GMT

Welsh researchers in pioneering Virtual Reality study to support people living with anxiety

22nd May 2024 The research team at Health and Care Research Wales’ Centre for Trials Research, hosted by Cardiff University, has been awarded nearly £250,000 from Innovate UK to research new approaches to help with people’s mental health. The VR-Melody …

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Published on May 20, 2024 - 06:51 GMT

Health and Care Research Wales Specialty Lead receives Honorary Professorship in Medical Sciences

20th May 2024 A Health and Care Research Wales Specialty Lead says he hopes to raise the profile of research into immunotherapies to treat head and neck cancer, after receiving an Honorary Professorship in Medical Sciences from an international accrediting …

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Published on May 17, 2024 - 01:41 GMT

How Welsh researchers are combating the threat posed by resistance to antibiotics

17th May 2024 A Health and Care Research Wales researcher has called growing resistance to antibiotics a “major issue” in an exclusive interview with the BBC. Professor Angharad Davies, Specialty Lead for Infection, described anti-microbial resistance (AMR …

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Published on May 9, 2024 - 04:55 GMT

New plan to reduce deaths caused by infections resistant to antibiotics

8th May 2024 Everyone must play their part in preventing one of the world’s biggest killers, Wales’ Chief Medical and Veterinary Officers have said as they launch the next stage of a 20-year plan to reduce resistance to antibiotics. In 2019, there were an …

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Published on May 9, 2024 - 04:55 GMT

Swansea Bay welcomes first overseas midwife

9th May 2024 Swansea Bay’s first overseas midwife has been given a warm welcome by her patients and colleagues since arriving at Singleton Hospital. Abigail Peprah (pictured) originally qualified in her home country of Ghana but decided on a new career in …

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