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18/02/2021
Optometry scheme leads to reduction in hospital referrals

A pioneering optometry scheme is reducing hospital referrals and allowing patients to be treated closer to home during the pandemic.

22/02/2021
One week until all hospital grounds become smoke free

People living across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board area are being reminded that today marks just one week until hospital grounds become smoke-free.

12/02/2021
Photography competition puts wellbeing in the frame

Entries in a photography competition showcasing many of the natural beauty spots across our Health Board are now ready to be judged – and we need your help!

01/02/2021
More choice for patients as primary care services adapt to pandemic

Use of innovative, new video technology has been helping elderly residents in the South Wales valleys to become more involved in decisions regarding their own care.

19/02/2021
Zoe Williams represented CTMUHB in the first International Dementia Conference

Well done to Zoe Williams who represented CTMUHB in the first International Dementia Conference to be held in Wales

25/02/2021
Welsh Government confirms Community Testing Programme to commence in Cwm Taf Morgannwg

he Welsh Government’s Health Minister has confirmed that a Community Testing programme of asymptomatic people, will commence across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board area from Wednesday, March 3.

23/02/2021
Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB sends out second dose appointment letters for COVID-19 vaccine

Appointment letters for second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are now landing on doormats across Cwm Taf Morgannwg.

24/02/2021
New survey reveals changing attitudes to accessing our services

New services introduced by the NHS during the Covid pandemic have led more than a third of people living in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board area (36%) to reconsider how they will seek help for non-urgent healthcare issues in the future – but just 13% say they will contemplate using alternative ways to seek urgent medical help.

04/02/2021
Community Navigators Service proves to be a lockdown lifeline for Bridgend woman

A Bridgend woman in her seventies who repeatedly considered ending her life during lockdown has praised the services of BAVO (Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations) Community Navigator scheme, describing her contact there as “an angel without wings”.

04/02/2021
'The thanks and recognition that NHS staff need right now'

This article first appeared on the Royal College of Physicians website. You can find out more about the RCP’s work in Wales here

15/02/2021
Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB hits COVID-19 vaccination target

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has achieved its target of giving 104,148* vaccines to the top four priority groups.