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Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM) is proud to announce that public voting for this year’s Seren Annual Awards is officially open!

Learning Disability Week launches today (16th June 2025) to recognise and celebrate the voices, experiences, and contributions of people with learning disabilities.

Researchers at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM UHB) have launched a research study that will investigate whether bowel cancer and polyps (abnormal cells that grow inside the body which can turn into cancer) can be identified by a simple blood test.

This week is Cervical Screening Awareness Week.  

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under the age of 35. Cervical screening can save lives by preventing cervical cancer from developing, or by picking it up at an early stage. 

The most common type of diabetes in children and young people is Type 1 diabetes. But children and young people can also develop Type 2 diabetes or another type of diabetes.

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.