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2024

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.

06/06/2024
Join green fingered volunteers to improve green spaces at Wrexham Maelor Hospital

Wrexham Community Gardeners gathered for the first time on Saturday to improve garden areas around Wrexham Maelor Hospital. 

06/06/2024
Stroke prevention nurses identify and support people who may be at a high risk of having a stroke across North Wales

Stroke is a leading cause of death in the UK yet 9 out of 10 strokes are preventable, according to Stroke Association, if the risk factors are better detected, treated and managed. 

03/06/2024
New patient association raises funds for scanner at Wrexham Maelor renal unit

The recently established Wrexham Maelor Kidney patient association (WMKPA) has successfully raised the funds to purchase a portable scanner to help haemodialysis patients at Wrexham Maelor renal unit.

24/05/2024
Our Welsh Language Training Team becomes the first to receive a national special recognition award

The Health Board’s Welsh Language Team has received the Work Welsh Employer of the Year 2024 award from the National Centre for Learning Welsh at a recent celebration event.

22/05/2024
LEGO scanner helps prepare young patients for tests at Ysbyty Gwynedd

A new model building is helping to prepare young hospital patients for their scans at Ysbyty Gwynedd.

09/05/2024
Hospital volunteer says farewell to cancer unit as he retires after 16 years of service

After brightening up the days of Wrexham Maelor Hospital patients for almost two decades, Ron Evans has said goodbye to colleagues and patients on the Shooting Stars Unit. 

30/04/2024
New equipment to help patients with hard-to-find veins at Ysbyty Gwynedd

A piece of equipment known as a vein finder is being used for inpatients at Ysbyty Gwynedd in order to improve the experience for patients with hard-to-find veins.

19/04/2024
New garden and play space inspired and created by young people opens at Wrexham Maelor Hospital

A team of young people and child health practitioners have worked together to create a new outdoor space at Wrexham Child Health Centre.

17/04/2024
Fathers' moving testimonies shed light on harrowing consequences of child sexual abuse

Hard-hitting new videos released by a North Wales’ sexual violence support service give a harrowing insight into the anguish crimes against children cause for victims’ fathers.

Amethyst Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) based in Colwyn Bay commissioned the series of short films, which showcase powerful first-hand accounts of the experiences of child sexual violence survivors’ fathers and male carers from North Wales.