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This Carers Week, from 10th–16th June, Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board are proud to recognize and celebrate the invaluable contribution unpaid carers make within our community and workplace.

Staff from Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board have won three 2024 Moondance Cancer Awards.

Eight sector leading initiatives, happening across Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB have been shortlisted for this year’s NHS Wales Awards.

The Tissue Viability Team are running and promoting a series of online sessions and in person events to raise awareness of the issues of leg ulcers and to promote the new standards of leg ulcer care in Wales.

Are you aged under 25 and living in Merthyr Tydfil, RCT or Bridgend? OR do you know young people aged under 25 living in Merthyr Tydfil, RCT or Bridgend?

Lowri Impey, a paediatric nurse based at Turtle and Octopus ward at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board’s Prince Charles Hospital, has created an under-the-sea themed artwork made from recycled plastic IV medication caps.

Kylie Erricker, a Health Care Support Worker based at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board’s The Hummingbird Centre, recently won the Course Representative of the Year Award at the University of South Wales (USW) 2024 Student Choice Awards.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB’s Neil Scott (Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial / Head & Neck surgeon and Clinical Director Cancer Service) recently travelled to Saudi Arabia and acted as the Chief Medical Officer for the Unified World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.

Are you a CTM patient who manages clinical waste from home?

From Monday, 10 June to Friday, 14 June, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is supporting Diabetes UK with a week-long in-person roadshow.

The volunteer service would like to take the opportunity during the 40th annual celebration of Volunteers Week to give a massive “shout out” to all of their Health Board volunteers. 

A mobile MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) unit recently set up at Llantrisant Health Park to reduce waiting times sees 410 patients in the first 28 days of operation. 

This is Breast Cancer Prevention Week.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg’s Lloyd Griffiths (Head of Mental Health Nursing), Mohamed Elnasharty (Consultant, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Sexual Health) and Zoe Barber (Consultant Breast Surgeon) were invited to the party the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace earlier this month.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board’s North District Nursing Team has been named as a finalist in the Student Nursing Times Awards 2024.

Sophie Roberts-Kozok, Senior Operating Department Practitioner for Anaesthetics – Wellbeing Lead, Prince Charles Hospital, has won a Rising Star Award at the Advancing Healthcare Awards 2024.

Multiple teams and members of staff from Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board have been shortlisted for ten of the 2024 Moondance Cancer Awards.