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National Smile Month 2025 runs from Monday 12 May to Thursday 12 June.

This week CTM is celebrating Patient Experience Week 2025, a week-long celebration of all the ways in which NHS staff in CTM and across Wales go above and beyond to provide the best care possible for our patients and service users.  

We are pleased to announce the publication of the Lung Health Check Operational Pilot for Wales (Evaluation Report 2). 

A community team in Bridgend is providing vital support to people who need help with their health and wellbeing responding to more than 4,000 calls during the past 10 months. 

A community art group that helps people with mental health issues and loneliness is sharing its experiences of the pandemic in a new online exhibition.

When Julie Jackson agreed to take part in the Education Programme for Patients (EPP) she was in a dark place and was sceptical that it would help. 

Yoga, gardening, bushcraft, chair aerobics, dance, mindfulness and walking are just some of the sessions being delivered by the Be Active RCT partnership project to help people across Rhondda Cynon Taf improve and maintain their physical and mental health. 

A popular walking football group is playing again in the Rhondda and making a net difference to the participants’ mental and physical health.

Today (Monday 12 May), Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB is joining in the global celebrations to mark International Nurses Day, and this year’s theme is “Caring for nurses strengthens economies”. 

At CTM, we are looking for a new paid chairperson to re-launch our Maternity and Neonatal Voice partnership group, ‘My Maternity, My Way’. The post involves working for the Health Board for 15 hours per week.

An innovative project, led by Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, which aims to tackle health inequalities by keeping maternity service users connected, has been recognised with a prestigious award.

Through each of our previous newsletters we have tried to keep you updated on the current status of our plans to deliver a Health and Wellbeing Centre in Maesteg, with a focus on delivering a wide-range of services at a redeveloped Maesteg Community Hospital.

Mental health services provided by two health boards are set for a significant step forward after the Welsh Government awarded them nearly £17m to revolutionise their patient record systems.

As we approach the bank holiday and during an already busy time for the NHS, you can help our staff look after those with the most serious illnesses and injuries by using services carefully. 

A report published today, Thursday 1 May, by Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has recognised the significant progress made at Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB’s specialist 14- bed mental health unit at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon in Mountain Ash.

Earlier this year, Ysbyty Cwm Cynon introduced a music therapy pilot project to help improve patient well-being whilst they are receiving care on wards at the hospital.

In January Ysbyty Cwm Cynon introduced an in-house hairdressing service for patients staying on Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. 

The Cwm Taf Morgannwg NHS Charity has funded and supported the creation of a brand-new dedicated staff break room and a wellbeing space for Emergency Department Staff based at Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil.