Health Board News

A 42-year-old father who is receiving intensive care treatment after becoming seriously ill with COVID-19 says he regrets turning down the vaccine months earlier.

BUSINESSES ACROSS North Wales are being urged to support breastfeeding by providing safe and welcoming spaces for mothers and babies as COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease.

A Wrexham man who received surgery for a life-threatening bleed has praised the hospital staff who saved his life.

Jo Whitehead, Chief Executive of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has announced the appointment of Dr Nick Lyons as Executive Medical Director, who is expected to take up post at the end of August 2021.  

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is holding more mobile vaccination clinics across Flintshire and Wrexham over the next two weeks. 

A patient is thrilled to have ticked off her dream of riding a large red American-style truck from her bucket list.

A new drive-through spirometry service has opened at Wrexham Maelor Hospital to test patients with breathing difficulties, increasing the testing capacity by 30%. 

Ysbyty Gwynedd has been awarded for their commitment to patient safety after successfully completing a national programme of local data audits.

We have teamed-up with healthtech company Huma to assess whether people with heart problems can be supported in their homes using an app that reports on their condition.

Patients with spinal conditions can now access specialist care closer to their home as satellite clinics are introduced into North Wales for the first time. 

Two caring members of staff from Rhuddlan Children’s Centre have transformed an overgrown area into a ‘sanctuary’ for all staff to use. 

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is launching mobile vaccination clinics areas across Flintshire and Wrexham.

As part of the Welsh Government’s Help Us, Help You campaign, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board asks visitors to think twice before attending an Emergency Department or calling 999 with non-life-threatening conditions.

Residents across Wales with Covid-19 symptoms are being urged to join the world’s largest trial of treatments at home to prevent deterioration from coronavirus.

A former Assistant Manager of a restaurant who became an Administration Assistant for the COVID-19 vaccination programme is going back to school to train as a nurse.

Patients who are receiving cancer treatment in North Wales are participating in a study looking at how online psychological support can improve their wellbeing. 

GP surgery staff have played a key role in Wales’ world-leading vaccination roll out, but they now need the public’s support as they continue to adapt to the challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic, according to one of North Wales’ top doctors.

This week Covid-19 vaccinators in North Wales East celebrated vaccinating 200,000 people with their first dose.