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Finding Hope within Loss
Finding Hope within Loss
07/10/2022
New Cwm Taf Morgannwg creative workshop - Finding Hope within Loss and Bereavement

Our Health Board Chaplaincy Service, together with our Arts in Health Service, have started (October 5) an innovative pilot aimed at supporting people through grief, death and loss through the use of creative arts.

Temporary closure Maternity and neonatal units at Princess of Wales Hospital
Temporary closure Maternity and neonatal units at Princess of Wales Hospital
20/08/2024
Temporary closure of maternity and neonatal services at Princess of Wales Hospital

Beginning on Monday 2 September, we will be undertaking some urgent and essential improvement works to our neonatal and maternity units at Princess of Wales Hospital.

Group photo of CTM staff at top of mountain
Group photo of CTM staff at top of mountain
29/08/2024
CTM UHB staff climb Wales' highest peaks to fundraise for Cwm Taf Morgannwg NHS Charity

CTM UHB staff from Royal Glamorgan Hospital and Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda raised over £2,000 for the Cwm Taf Morgannwg NHS Charity and local patients, by hiking the three highest mountain peaks in Wales this summer.

Parent reading story with child
Parent reading story with child
21/08/2024
All Wales Online Speech and Language Therapy Careers Event

A free All Wales Speech and Language Therapy Careers event will be held online on Friday 11th October from 8:45am-12:00pm.

21/08/2024
Care for the Eldery wards running live music sessions for Princess of Wales patients

A team of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board staff in the Care for the Elderly wards at Princess of Wales hospital have partnered with Daring to Dream

Sensory Garden at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon
Sensory Garden at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon
15/08/2024
Sensory Garden revamped at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon

The Sensory Garden at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon has recently undergone a revamp. Having long been used as a place to display memorial plaques, the team at the hospital sourced donations to help breathe new life into the area.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Banner
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Banner
15/08/2024
Early promise for project helping mental health service users 'wait as well as possible'

A pilot project in south Wales is aiming to improve support for people who are waiting for psychological therapies.

doctor holding patients hand
doctor holding patients hand
14/08/2024
NHS Wales shares learning from healthcare-acquired COVID-19 patient safety reviews

Reviews into suspected patient safety incidents of healthcare-acquired (nosocomial) COVID-19 during the onset of the pandemic have concluded their initial investigation, following a national programme of work to coordinate investigations of the unusually high number of incidents recorded.

recycling logos
recycling logos
02/08/2024
Everybody's Talking About Waste

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board’s Strategic Goals include

Sexual health tablets and protection
Sexual health tablets and protection
06/08/2024
Integrated Sexual Health Clinics Temporary Day Closure

Due to essential maintenance on our computerised systems we unfortunately have to cancel all integrated sexual health clinics on Friday 16 August, 2024.

01/08/2024
Staff and young people come together to brighten up patient garden

Over the past few months, staff and young people at Ty Llidiard Children’s Mental Health Inpatient Unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital have been refreshing one of the patient gardens – painting a mural, adding garden ornaments, planting flowers and growing food.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo
30/07/2024
GP Practices in Wales: A Guide for Older People.

The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ latest information guide is available here

Launching a new Digital Health Assessment Platform
Launching a new Digital Health Assessment Platform
26/07/2024
Launching a new Digital Health Assessment Platform

The Value Based Healthcare team at CTM is excited to announce a major initiative to enhance patient outcomes and experiences across the health board.

staff and 2wish charity workers
staff and 2wish charity workers
22/07/2024
New bereavement room opens at Prince Charles Hospital

A brand new bereavement/family room has opened, close to the Children’s Ward at Prince Charles Hospital, thanks to funding from bereavement charity 2Wish.

The First Minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, opening the new Ambulatory Care Centre
The First Minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, opening the new Ambulatory Care Centre
18/07/2024
First Minister Opens Ambulatory Care Centre at Prince Charles Hospital

The First Minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, opened the new Ambulatory Care Centre at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board’s Prince Charles Hospital on Thursday 18th July.

CTMUHB logo
CTMUHB logo
15/07/2024
CTM welcomes new Head of Midwifery

Debbie Jones, has been appointed as Head of Midwifery at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Coal mine shaft tower
Coal mine shaft tower
10/07/2024
CTM colleagues awarded funding for improving partnership working project idea

Three colleagues from CTM UHB have been awarded £40,000 funding through Q Exchange for their improvement project – one of only three shortlisted in Wales.

Two CTM UHB patients standing next to Lung Health Check scanner
Two CTM UHB patients standing next to Lung Health Check scanner
11/07/2024
Cancer patients diagnosed and cured through the award-winning Lung Health Check pilot

Two Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board patients have successfully been treated for lung cancer as part of a free lung health check offered to residents in North Rhondda.

Eisteddfod 2024 CTM on the Maes
Eisteddfod 2024 CTM on the Maes
08/07/2024
CTM on the Maes – Eisteddfod 2024

It’s just a few weeks to go before Cwm Taf University Health Board opens its stand for the first time at the Eisteddfod 2024 in Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd.

pharmacist talking to patient
pharmacist talking to patient
08/07/2024
Abercynon Pharmacy provides Stop Smoking Clinic

Sheppard’s Pharmacy in Abercynon has been running a dedicated weekly clinic to help people to stop smoking.