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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

MMR vaccination given to more than 5,000 in Hywel Dda

Efforts to offer MMR vaccination in the Hywel Dda Health Board area have resulted in more than 5,000 people being vaccinated in the last two months.

Think fruity this Healthy Wednesday

This Healthy Wednesday think fruity to help you stay healthy.

New Equality, Diversity and Human Rights resource

Hywel Dda Health Board has launched new Equality, Diversity and Human Rights web pages as part of a national NHS week.

Campaign calls for more foster carers

A campaign has begun to highlight the difference that fostering can make.

Campaign calls for more foster carers

A campaign has begun to highlight the difference that fostering can make.

New case study highlights importance of being open after serious incidents

‘Being Open Following a Serious Clinical Incident’ is a new publication that looks at how a serious clinical incident was handled in a Welsh health board.

Talk about dementia at local events

Hywel Dda Health Board will be encouraging people to talk about dementia at local events being held to mark Dementia Awareness Week (19-26 May).

Dementia RED (Respect Empathy Dignity) Roadshow to hit North Denbighshire

On Friday May 24 a RED (Respect Empathy Dignity) Roadshow to raise awareness of Dementia will be visiting Rhyl and Prestatyn.

Protect yourself against measles and encourage your friends to do the same

Young people who have already had two MMR jabs to protect themselves against measles are being asked to encourage their friends to also get protected.

Dementia RED (Respect Empathy Dignity) Roadshow to hit North Denbighshire

On Friday May 24 a RED (Respect Empathy Dignity) Roadshow to raise awareness of Dementia will be visiting Rhyl and Prestatyn.

Protect yourself against measles and encourage your friends to do the same

Young people who have already had two MMR jabs to protect themselves against measles are being asked to encourage their friends to also get protected.

Daughters still seeking justice for Norwich woman beheaded in Tenerife - Norwich Evening News

The daughters revealed in the documentary that they were having to write to their mother's killer to seek his permission to access his health records to find out why he was released by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. In a statement

Hywel Dda Health Board is supporting national Walk to Work Week

Hywel Dda Health Board are urging people to swap cars, buses and trains for a ticket to stride this Walk to Work Week.

Cooking up food care for North Wales communities

A healthy cooking initiative bringing family and friends together over a love of food, is spreading its benefits across North Wales communities.

Cooking up food care for North Wales communities

A healthy cooking initiative bringing family and friends together over a love of food, is spreading its benefits across North Wales communities.

Campaigners fear neonatal care review will be a 'whitewash' - Daily Post North Wales

The review was ordered last month after the First Minister backed the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board's proposal to transfer the care of babies born more than 13 weeks prematurely from North Wales to Arrowe Park on Merseyside. The NWHA

Daughters still seeking justice for Norwich woman beheaded in Tenerife - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Tenerife murder victim's daughters meet killer's family - BBC News

... Mills-Westley, 60, from Norwich, in 2011. He was treated at a Denbighshire hospital in 2010 but his victim's daughters say they have not been able to view the inquiry about his care. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said its inquiries

Royal College of Midwives Chief Executive opens new birthing unit in Wrexham

Today, Thursday 9th May, the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives Prof Cathy Warwick CBE, visited Wrexham Maelor Hospital to perform the official opening of the new Midwifery-Led Unit.

Hywel Dda Health Board celebrates International Nurses Day

Hywel Dda Health Board is celebrating International Nurses Day on 12 May 2013.

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Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board

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Cwm Taf Health Board

Metal Theft

The thieves stole an external air conditioning unit from the Dental Teaching Unit, in Porth.

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Hywel Dda Local Health Board

Champions for Health -- new campaign for a healthier Wales launches today

A new campaign to encourage NHS staff from across Wales to become healthier and encourage their patients and the public to do the same will be launched today (August 15, 2012) at the Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

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Powys Teaching Local Health Board

"Give Blood, Save Lives" urges Health Minister

The Minister for Health and Social Services, Lesley Griffiths, is urging everyone who is able to give blood to step up as we head towards the holiday period.

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Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

Gwent 'heart attack' patient waited three hours for ambulance - South Wales Argus

A review of the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust is ongoing following several months of deteriorating response times, with the Welsh Government's target of 65 per cent of ambulances arriving at the scene within eight minutes not met since last

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Health Services

Department of Health response to consultation on Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling

A joint response has been published by health ministers across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in a move to standardise front of pack nutrition labelling.

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Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

GP surveillance of infections in Wales report

Weekly newsletter which includes clinical consultations rates of 13 diseases, based on returns from 44 sentinel practices in Wales, and a topical news article. This week - Safer Food, Better Christmas

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Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board