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2024

28/10/2024
Winners - Staff Achievement Awards 2024

We are delighted to share the winners of the BCUHB Achievement Awards 2024. 

25/10/2024
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 the second year running.

21/10/2024
New innovative chemotherapy service cuts waiting times and simplifies appointments for treatment

Cancer patients at Wrexham Maelor Hospital are benefitting from a new service which has reduced their wait time for treatment during their visit to hospital and improved their experience of booking appointments.

16/10/2024
21-year-old thanks lifesaving neighbours and medics who saved his life

A young man whose heart stopped when his car collapsed on top of him has reunited with the neighbours and medics who saved his life.

10/10/2024
Newly expanded NHS Pharmacy opens in Rossett offering enhanced services

The pharmacy in Rossett has moved to a much larger and more modern building, offering a new independent prescriber service, for the first time.

09/10/2024
Celebrating a milestone for robotic surgery in North Wales

Surgical teams and theatre staff at Ysbyty Gwynedd have now performed more than 140 robotically assisted surgeries – bringing faster and less painful recovery for patients.

07/10/2024
Families enjoy a health and wellbeing camping trip as part of a partnership project

Family holidays are not achievable for everyone, but quality time together making memories is valuable to everyone’s health and wellbeing, and thanks to a partnership project has been made possible for some families.

04/10/2024
World Meningitis Awareness Day: Parents raise awareness of meningitis symptoms in memory of their baby boy

Parents of a baby boy who tragically died of meningitis at just nine-months-old are now urging other parents to be more aware of the symptoms of the disease.

04/10/2024
New Medical School a "game-changer" for doctor recruitment in North Wales

First Minister Eluned Morgan and Health Secretary Jeremy Miles have officially opened the North Wales Medical School.

03/10/2024
'Tell them everything and I mean everything' – new CAMHS centre plan for children in crisis

A young woman with complex mental health issues is urging children and young people to use a planned community crisis hub.

Aaliyah Ramessur has autism and has battled mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts throughout her childhood and beyond. She bravely spoke about her own experiences and how Emergency Departments felt like the wrong place to be, as a child undergoing mental health crises.

02/10/2024
The stories of NHS staff shared through monologues in the next MonologAYE project by BLAS, Pontio

BLAS, Pontio presents a sharing night this October, MonologAYE: The National Health Service (NHS) that’s a progression of MonologAYE’s first project in 2023. Here’s an opportunity to hear personal and professional stories of individuals who work within the Health Service through their personal monologues.

02/10/2024
New cancer support centre in North Wales breaks ground

A new cancer support centre in North Wales has broken ground.  The Maggie’s centre will be completely commissioned, designed and funded by the Steve Morgan Foundation and is being built in the grounds of Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire.

30/09/2024
North Wales stubbing out smoking: successful quitters urge more people to stop this October

More than 2,000 people stopped smoking with the support of the NHS during a record-breaking year for quitters in North Wales

26/09/2024
National Falls Prevention Week: How do you want your retirement to look?

Falls are a leading cause of injury and hospitalisation as we age, but by maintaining your physical strength when you’re younger will help you stay active in your retirement years.

23/09/2024
National Falls Prevention Week: Five top tips if you're worried about having a fall

One in three people over the age of 65 fall each year, rising to one in two people aged 80 years and above – falls in older age can result in broken bones, cuts, lacerations, and head injuries.

17/09/2024
Specialist clinic improving the lives of patients with leg ulcers

Patients in Arfon and Anglesey with hard-to-heal leg ulcers are benefitting from more targeted treatment and support thanks to a new specialist service.

13/09/2024
Pioneering Audiology Vehicle 'Hear to Help' rural communities of North Wales

Audiology teams across Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board have come together to create the first Audiology Vehicle in Wales...

30/08/2024
Three Ysbyty Gwynedd nurses celebrate combined 148 years of service to nursing

Three Ysbyty Gwynedd nurses are celebrating almost 150 years of healthcare service between them this year.

30/08/2024
From Falklands' casualties to her community, Sister Beverley reveals 'privilege' of 49-year nursing career

A Denbighshire nurse who witnessed Falklands War casualties and comforted the sick and grieving, while considering it a “privilege”, has retired after 49 years’ serving her community.

21/08/2024
Work progressing well on new Orthopaedic hub at Llandudno Hospital

Work is progressing on the construction of a new Elective Orthopaedic Hub at Llandudno Hospital.