Health Board News

Dyfed Edwards has been appointed as the Chair of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

Dyfed, who has been in post as interim Chair since February 2023, was formally appointed to the post by the Health Minister on Tuesday 30th January 2024

Work is under way on two new integrated Health and Social Care community facilities in Flintshire, backed by more than £14 million in Welsh Government funding, Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan has announced. 

A senior nurse at Ysbyty Gwynedd has marked 45 years in the profession this month.

A new NHS Pharmacy has opened in Llanberis, ensuring that local people once again have easy access to medicines and expert advice on their doorstep.

Five Health Board colleagues have been awarded titles in the King’s New Year’s Honours List.

The awards, which celebrate contributions to either outside interests or work within the NHS, were announced just before the 2024 New Year celebrations.

A new clinic has been set up in Ysbyty Alltwen for patients diagnosed with Lymphoedema.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) has been re-accredited by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS), receiving gold for the second time, for its support and salutes to the past and present Armed Forces Community (AFC).

A popular character around Glan Clwyd Hospital has brushed his last stroke after more than 50 years brightening the lives of colleagues and patients.

Painter and decorator Tommy Stone finally gave work the brush-off after 50 years and four months, during which time he raised as many smiles as he did ladders during his dedicated service.

Staff from our sexual health services marked Wales HIV Testing Week by taking the campaign against the virus out of the clinic and into the community.

Staff, students and service users of the Posture and Mobility Service in Wrexham, have been working together to install state-of-the-art outdoor equipment to support people learning to use prosthetics and to create a wellbeing garden.

A health professional with more than 30 years’ experience has proved she really is a “quality matron” after being accepted as a Queen’s Nurse (QN).

The Welsh Government has agreed funding of up to £29.4m for... 

A new Community Dental Clinic has officially opened at Bryn Beryl Hospital.

A second minor procedure room for hand surgery has now opened... 

Three colleagues from our Central IHC community nursing team have joined an elite group across Wales, Northern Ireland and England who can call themselves Queen’s Nurses.

The community nurses were granted the rare honour recently, after applying to the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) and undergoing a taxing assessment process.