18th November 2024
First Welsh patient benefits from proton beam therapy clinical trial
A Velindre Cancer Centre patient has become the first patient from Wales to take part in a clinical trial investigating proton beam therapy for a brain tumour. Led by researchers…
17th November 2024
Written Statement: Reducing Long Waiting Times
Jeremy Miles MS, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care On 24 October, I announced £28m to support health boards to reduce the longest waiting times, increase outpatient appointments and…
14th November 2024
Tackling diabetes together is key to people living longer, healthier lives in Wales
A package of initiatives to prevent Type 2 diabetes, reduce avoidable death and disability is part of a new approach to tackling diabetes being driven by NHS Wales. This approach…
14th November 2024
Digital ambition in emergency departments boosts efforts to reduce carbon emissions
Emergency departments across Wales are being challenged to embrace digital technology in a bid to make patient care more efficient and become environmentally sustainable. As part of efforts to speed…
14th November 2024
Health Tech Services Group wins Lloyds Bank British Excellence Award for Small and Micro Business 2024
Health Tech Services Group (HTSG), a MediWales member, is proud to announce that they have been awarded the prestigious Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Award in the Small and Micro…
14th November 2024
Open now – Senior Research Leaders Scheme 2025-2028
Health and Care Research Wales is pleased to announce the call for applications to the Senior Research Leaders Scheme 2025-2028 is open now. Health and Care Research Wales’ Senior Research…
12th November 2024
Huge boost for childcare sector in Wales as small business rates relief made permanent
Registered childcare premises will no longer have to pay business rates, saving millions of pounds every year. Estimated to save the sector £3.4 million annually, the now permanent non-domestic rates…
12th November 2024
Written Statement: Initial response to the NHS Wales Accountability Review
Jeremy Miles MS, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care The former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, set up a Ministerial Advisory Group to reflect on the current…
11th November 2024
New 50-day challenge to improve hospital discharge and community care
The Welsh Government has today (11th November) launched a 50-day challenge to help more people safely return home from hospital and to ease winter pressures on our health and care…
11th November 2024
Ysbyty Gwynedd Emergency Department ranked best place to train in Wales by junior doctors
Doctors in training have ranked Ysbyty Gwynedd’s Emergency Department as the best place to train in Wales for a second year running. Results from the recent National Training Survey by…
7th November 2024
Wales edges closer to being at the forefront of genomics expertise
Wales is edging closer to being at the forefront of genomics after the NHS signed an ambitious new collaboration with a leading science technology company. The memorandum of understanding (MoU)…
7th November 2024
Imspex Diagnostics and Biophys announce collaboration to advance SMART diagnostics and R&D services at new Biophys laboratory in South Wales
Imspex Diagnostics Ltd and Biophys Limited are pleased to announce a new phase in their collaborative journey, focused on advancing clinical and applied industry solutions through shared expertise and resources….
5th November 2024
Health board is first in Wales to be awarded for work with autism
Hywel Dda University Health Board has become the first Health Board in Wales to achieve ‘Autism Understanding’ status. The accreditation is awarded by the National Neuro-divergence Team, a Welsh Government…
4th November 2024
Technology enables people without a voice to speak Welsh
Welsh speakers at risk of losing their voice due to medical reasons such as Motor Neurone Disease or throat cancer can now continue to communicate in Welsh, thanks to a…
1st November 2024
Open now – Senior Research Leaders Scheme 2025-2028
Health and Care Research Wales is pleased to announce the call for applications to the Senior Research Leaders Scheme 2025-2028 is open now. Health and Care Research Wales’ Senior Research…
1st November 2024
Healthtech Partnership is Helping to Train African Medics Through Virtual Reality
A project to provide clinical skills training in virtual reality for healthcare professionals in Uganda is being developed by a Wales-based partnership. Cardiff company Goggleminds and the University of South…
1st November 2024
New toolkit to support research carried out across borders in the UK
The Health Research Authority (HRA), in collaboration with NHS Research Scotland, Health and Social Care (HSC) Northern Ireland and Health and Care Research Wales, has launched a new toolkit to…
1st November 2024
HEIW launches belong, thrive, stay national retention hub
Staff retention is essential to sustaining and growing our NHS workforce to meet the increasing and evolving demands on healthcare services. In recent years, NHS staff have been leaving at…
1st November 2024
Largest surgical prostate cancer research study in UK led in Wales
A ground-breaking new study hosted in Wales is aiming to ensure high-risk prostate cancer patients receive the highest level of care. ELIPSE (Evaluation of Lymphadenectomy In High Risk Prostate Cancer Surgery)…
1st November 2024
Rugby star turned GP out to raise awareness of heart condition
A former Wales rugby captain-turned GP is helping tackle a heart related medical condition that can lead to the most serious form of stroke. Dr Gwyn Jones (pictured above), who…