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During the diabetes annual review, or beforehand, you will have: 

Between 9 and 15 June, CTM is celebrating Carers Week 2025, an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face, and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.  

This week (2nd – 8th June) Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM) is celebrating Volunteers Week 2025, an annual UK-wide campaign held from the first Monday in June to celebrate and recognise the contributions of volunteers.

Throughout June, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Llais team will be in the Hirwaun region to hear people’s views of Health and Social Care services.

Cerian Hawkey, Year 2 Teacher at St Michael’s Catholic School, took to the streets of London this April and completed the 2025 London Marathon in an impressive time of 3 hours 49 minutes and 44 seconds, all in support of breast cancer care services at the Snowdrop Breast Centre.

A new app, Get There Together, has been launched to help individuals living with dementia and their families and carers to bolster confidence, continue to engage with daily routines and access services in their communities.  

This week, communities across Cwm Taf Morgannwg are coming together in a powerful show of support for people living with dementia and their families.

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.  

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.