21st January 2025
Lymphoedema patients to benefit from online mental health support
NHS Wales’ digital wellbeing service has teamed up with a pioneering clinic to help patients manage the mental health impacts of Lymphoedema and Lipalgia Syndrome. The Lymphoedema Wales Clinical Network…
21st January 2025
Help make sure health and social care research is ethical and fair
Join a Research Ethics Committee (REC) to help protect research participants and develop new skills to support your career. We are looking for health and social care professionals, particularly doctors, nurses and…
21st January 2025
Powys X-ray installation work is progressing well
Work to install £1.7m of state of the art X-ray equipment in Powys community hospitals is now under way and is on target to be finished in the Spring. Thanks…
21st January 2025
Bevan Commission launches ‘Silly Rules’ initiative to help improve care across Wales
The Bevan Commission in partnership with Llais, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in the United States, today (18 November) launched the ‘Silly Rules‘ initiative aimed at identifying and…
21st January 2025
Taking part in research then and directly helping shape research now
Have you ever looked around your doctor’s office, reception area or bulletin boards and noticed posters inviting you to take part in research? Or maybe you walked through a university…
21st January 2025
Cystic fibrosis research empowers Sophie to conquer Atlantic rowing challenge
A brave cystic fibrosis patient from Haverfordwest who has been under the care of a specialist research team for more than a decade spoke to BBC Wales about how she is…
21st January 2025
New guidelines to support health and care professionals: The Follett Principles
This guidance is intended to support organisations in implementing the Follett Principles for regulated, registered health and care professional (HCP) clinical academics. Specifically, this document provides guidance on the principles…
21st January 2025
Suzanne Rankin appointed as the first CEO Research Champion
Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive Officer of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has been appointed as Wales’ first CEO Research Champion, aiming to facilitate and enable clinical research activities across…
21st January 2025
Life Sciences ‘Vital For New Industrial Strategy To Boost Growth In Wales’
Wales’s Life Sciences industry is crucial to delivering sustained economic growth, Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens has told leaders from the industry. The growing sector already contributes more than £2.6 billion…
20th January 2025
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board fits first leadless pacemaker in Wales
Cardiologists at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) have fitted a leadless pacemaker for the first time in Wales. The groundbreaking procedure, performed on a 63-year-old patient, took just…
16th January 2025
Wales to take part in largest ever UK-wide pandemic response exercise
Wales will take part in the largest ever UK-wide pandemic response exercise this autumn. The commitment is part of the Welsh Government’s comprehensive response to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s first…
12th January 2025
Health and Care Research Wales announces major £49m investment in research infrastructure
Women’s health, mental health and tackling cancer are among key areas for research into health and social care over the next five years, in a major £49m funding announcement by…
12th January 2025
DECIPHer Turns 15: Celebrating a legacy of public health impact
The centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), which is funded by Health and Care Research Wales, celebrated its 15th birthday this week. Current…
10th January 2025
Suzanne Rankin appointed as the first CEO Research Champion
Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive Officer of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has been appointed as Wales’ first CEO Research Champion, aiming to facilitate and enable clinical research activities across…
10th January 2025
Sir Frank calls time as Chief Medical Officer for Wales after eight years
Wales’ leading doctor Sir Dr Frank Atherton has announced he will stand down after 8 and half years as the Welsh Government’s Chief Medical Officer. Sir Frank has provided independent…
8th January 2025
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care welcomes £100 million public-private investment to unlock cutting-edge treatments
Jeremy Miles, Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, has welcomed news that patients in Wales will have greater access to cutting edge treatments thanks to a £100…
8th January 2025
“What I go through is not normal”: the study giving a voice to people with Severe Period Pain
A new study aims to explore the impact of severe period pain (SPP). SPP makes it difficult to focus, move and sleep and can mean missing school or work and…
6th January 2025
Welsh Startup Transforms Education at South Korean University
A South Korean university has adopted innovative virtual reality technology built by a Welsh startup. clear_pixel VR, based in Cardiff, develops VR training platforms that teach students and professionals in…
1st January 2025
Welsh Nursing Care Record reaches major milestone
The Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) is now fully available in all adult inpatient wards at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. This marks a major step forward in using digital…
1st January 2025
New app to improve maternity care in Wales
Pregnant women will benefit from better maternity care as a new app and electronic health record system is rolled out across Wales. Mothers-to-be will be able to access their full…