Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM UHB) are delighted to be the first Health Board in the UK to be recycling our non-hazardous plastic products/packaging with TerraCycle® via their Zero Waste Box™ solution’ and Roche Healthcare. The pilot which started in September aims to work with Roche and TerraCycle to identify a more sustainable…
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (UHB) and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are working together, with other partners including the Stroke Association, to take important steps to make stroke care services better for anyone affected by stroke across South- Central Wales. Experiencing a stroke is a severe medical emergency that requires immediate assessment…
The Snowdrop Breast Centre, a dedicated unit for breast cancer care and support has officially opened. The £2m centre, part of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, is a state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment centre and provides a ‘one-stop clinic’ to patients referred from their GP. Jointly funded by the health board and Welsh Government, the…
Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB has appointed a new Head of Midwifery, Angharad Oyler, who will be based at the Prince Charles Hospital site. Angharad started her career in nursing and midwifery over 25 years ago, and has been employed by Cardiff and Vale UHB since 2005. There, she has worked in a variety of midwifery…
Public health experts in Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB is encouraging parents to vaccinate young children against the flu virus this autumn, to protect them from getting secondary infections. Last year, flu was the primary reason why nearly 800 children in Wales aged 2-16 years old were admitted to hospital. There is still a concern that…
This week, our Critical Care Outreach, Care of the Elderly Advanced Clinical Practitioners and the community Advanced Nurse Practitioner teams within Cwm Taf Morgannwg have been raising awareness of the risks of Sepsis, and the signs and symptoms to look out for. Every year on September 13, we join organisations and individuals around the world…
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is the first health board in Wales to launch a ‘Lung Health Check’ pilot programme to detect the early stages of lung cancer, before there are any signs or symptoms. In collaboration with the Wales Cancer Network, the Health Board plans to see its first patients of the pilot programme…
An all-Wales network for professionals and organisations to make health and care services “climate-smart” has had a significant rebrand. Green Health Wales, which launched its new website this week wants to bring together like-minded people who recognise that the climate and ecological emergency is also a health emergency. Some 4.4% of global carbon emissions are attributed to…
State-of-the-art surgical robots will soon be helping to treat colorectal and gynaecological cancer patients in Cwm Taf Morgannwg as part of the new National Robotic Assisted Surgery Programme. The Health Board is now part of the Programme, which improves outcomes for cancer patients by increasing the number of patients across Wales able to receive less-invasive, minimal…
Faceup Cymru is helping to fund Tenovus Cancer Care’s Mobile Support Unit to deliver treatments for Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB’s patients with head and neck cancer. Faceup Cymru, a charity set up by patients and aided by healthcare professionals, supports people who are managing and coming to terms with the diagnosis and treatment of head…
