Health Board News

Christmas this year is likely to be different for many of us. Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Alys Cole-King has shared her top tips on how to look after your mental health and wellbeing over the festive season.

Children on a paediatric ward will be showered with goodies this Christmas because of the generosity of others

A simple idea developed by a nursing sister is keeping families in the loop about relatives’ care and saving valuable clinical time for staff

Six young adults are the latest given chances to find a job via a scheme developing job prospects for those with learning disabilities and/or autism

A lead physiotherapist who pioneered a policy aimed at understanding fractures in children with limited mobility has been asked to speak at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The famous children’s medical institution in London is one of many interested in the work of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s Angela Wing.

Tailored exercise regimes are helping osteoarthritis sufferers in Rhyl reduce the debilitating pain associated with the condition.

Patients with the condition in their knees and hips are already benefiting from the six-week long ESCAPE Pain course, which is available by referral through people’s GPs or a physiotherapist.

Three nurses from across the Health Board have received a prestigious award to recognise their contribution to the profession.

Betsi Cadwaldr’s Covid booster roll-out is continuing unabated despite vandalism at one of its vaccination centres on Wednesday night.

The OpTIC Centre in St Asaph was welcoming appointees for their jabs from 8.30am on Thursday morning, despite 17 windows being smashed.

The Liverpool Network, including The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust and the North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre, has been awarded Centre of Excellence status after rigorous assessments led by experts from the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM)

An innovative partnership between a health board and a hospice charity aims to make North Wales a “world leader” in caring for life-limited children

Mold Community Hospital switched on its first Christmas memory tree lights this week, for people to celebrate and remember loved ones and patients who are no longer with us. 

Staff are hoping a winter initiative at Llandudno Hospital will help ease bed pressures at other sites around North Wales

To celebrate this year’s Nursing Support Workers’ Day staff from Flintshire and Wrexham were invited to nominate colleagues to receive recognition and appreciation for the dedication they bring to their role.

A rapid treatment programme delivered by NHS staff is having a ‘life-changing’ impact on homeless people in North East Wales who are living with the hepatitis C virus.

A health campaigner who has undergone 14 operations in 10 years has backed new support for catheter users as part of an effort to combat avoidable infections.

The future of North Wales nursing is in good health following the development of an innovative partnership between Coleg Cambria and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB). 

Six COVID-19 vaccines are safe and boost immunity for people who have had two doses of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech, results from the UK-wide COV-BOOST trial show.

A new Surgical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit has opened at Wrexham Maelor Hospital for patients to gain quicker and easier access for surgical conditions.