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2024

21/08/2024
Digital to revolutionise hospital prescribing in North Wales
21/08/2024
Prehabilitation Unit open for patients needing major cancer surgery to reduce risks and boost recovery

Wrexham Maelor Hospital has opened a new state-of-the-art gym for its cancer patients having major surgery.

19/08/2024
Launch of the Health Board's Three-Year Plan for 2024-27

rming and improving high-quality, sustainable NHS services for North Wales. The plan focuses on progress in five key areas, reflecting the Health Board's commitment to delivering excellence in healthcare.

13/08/2024
Innovative Fellowship helps train more surgeons in robotic-assisted surgery
09/08/2024
Allied Health students to support patients and NHS staff through Welsh language work-based modules

Students on Allied Health degree courses at Wrexham University are to undertake new Welsh language work-based learning modules, in order for them to be able to communicate with patients in their first language while on placement.

08/08/2024
New Wrexham Maelor Hospital choir sings for their mental health and wellbeing

Staff at Wrexham Maelor Hospital have formed a new wellbeing choir and is receiving an overwhelming response from staf.

05/08/2024
Health Board interns celebrate at special graduations held across North Wales

A group of young people have proudly graduated from their 12-month internship receiving their certificates at ceremonies across North Wales with their families.

30/07/2024
Clinical scientist Alex seeking a balanced view of life and work

An expert in ultrasound imaging chose a career in North Wales because it offered the perfect work-life balance of a worthwhile career and healthy outdoor pursuits.

Alex Damico, a Clinical Vascular Scientist working in Radiology at Ysbyty Gwynedd, spends his days checking the superhighway network of vessels carrying blood around our bodies.

29/07/2024
New £30m Bangor Health Hub moves a step closer
15/07/2024
Ysbyty Gwynedd now official training centre for robotic knee surgery

Ysbyty Gwynedd has now officially become the first NHS robotic training centre in Wales to train other surgeons in robotic knee surgery.

09/07/2024
Work on new North Wales Maggie's Centre to start

Maggie’s, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and the Steve Morgan Foundation are delighted to announce work is starting on the construction of cancer support centre Maggie’s in North Wales, on July 11.

25/06/2024
Three teams shortlisted for NHS Wales Awards 2024

Three Health Board teams have been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious NHS Wales Awards.

25/06/2024
Please go with the flow outside Ysbyty Glan Clwyd and protect our most vulnerable patients

Visitors and staff using Glan Clwyd Hospital are being asked to cooperate with new traffic flow advice for up to 32 weeks of roadworks, to safeguard emergency admissions.

24/06/2024
Kirstin's mercy missions repair more than just smiles of those born with disfiguring condition

A big-hearted Glan Clwyd nurse is helping repair the lives and smiles of underprivileged children born with cleft lip and palate.

21/06/2024
Criminal Behaviour Order imposed on man who abused staff and patients on dozens of occasions

A man who disrupted hospitals and minor injuries units across North Wales, intimidating staff and patients, has received a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order.

19/06/2024
"It's such a precious memory" – ambulance and Hospice at Home team help patient's wish of seeing Peter Kay live with family come true

When Paul Taylor, 51, was receiving palliative care treatment at home after his brain tumour became terminal, he didn’t think it would be possible to go watch Peter Kay Live, a show he was desperate to see.

17/06/2024
Renal patient to embark on first trip away in 15 years thanks to mobile dialysis machine

A renal patient is set to embark on her first holiday in fifteen years after receiving a mobile dialysis machine that she can easily transport in the back of her car.

13/06/2024
Volunteers Week 2024 celebrations

Volunteers' Week, takes place during the first week of June every year, and is a chance for organisations to recognise the fantastic contribution that volunteers make in their communities.

10/06/2024
Actor James Norton helps children learn about diabetes with a CBeebies Bedtime Story - written by a Wrexham psychologist

Author and Wrexham psychologist will have her book read by Happy Valley star James Norton on CBeebies Bedtime Story programme this week, to help young children understand diabetes and how it can be managed.

07/06/2024
Vascular expert raising awareness about how 'Legs Matter' in bid for better patient outcomes

A leading vascular nurse is heading the charge to make staff and, just as importantly, patients aware of the signs of lower leg venous diseases.

Untreated, such conditions can result in leg ulcers which refuse to heal and can lead to lower limb amputations or worse. It is all part of “Leg Matters”, a national awareness week highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and management of conditions affecting the circulation in our lower limbs.