If you are a parent or carer living in Cwm Taf Morgannwg, then our mission is to support you to enjoy that experience to the fullest; we want your family life to thrive.
When it comes to your health care and wellbeing, we want to ensure you have access to the care you need and for you to know with confidence where to get help and support if you come up against any family difficulties, or have any concerns.
This page offers range of services and resources that may be helpful to you.
0:00 hi my name is Gwion and in this film clip I'm going to show you what it's like to have your height and weight done at the
0:08 hospital this is the outpatient department and this is where you will usually be asked to come for your
0:17 appointment it's really easy to have your height and weight done and doesn't take you long at all it's normally done
0:24 shortly after I arrive at the department by the nurse I first sit in the waiting room
0:31 until the nurse calls my name come to aartman at the hospital can
0:39 sometimes make me feel a little nervous but once I get there this disappears as everyone is so nice my parents or career
0:48 had also come with me so that makes me feel better too before having my height and weight
0:56 measured I first need to take off my shoes and empty my want to take a seat on here for
1:04 me the scale says how much I weigh well then thank
1:12 you wow how tall you are this tells us how tall I
1:21 am now we just have to wait to be called for my in for my appointment to keep busy I can play with the toys in the
1:28 waiting room and I sometimes bring snacks or my own toys or tablet there's sometimes also a TV in the waiting room
1:36 so I can watch films if I want
0:00 hi my name is Gwion and in this film I'm going to show you what it's like to have an ECG done at the
0:08 hospital this is the Children's outpatient department where you will usually be asked to come for your
0:18 appointment when I first arrive I will check it in at the reception desk I then sit in the waiting room
0:26 until the nurse calls my name to keep busy I can play with the toys in the waiting room I sometimes bring
0:35 snacks or my own toys or tablet there's sometimes also a TV in the waiting room
0:42 so I can watch films if I want I sometimes feel nervous coming to my appointment but this doesn't last long
0:49 as everyone is so friendly today I am going to have an ECG to make sure I have a nice normal
0:57 heartbeat all I have to do is lie down on the bed the nurse put some stickers on my arm legs and body this feels a
1:07 little cold and tickly but not painful at all it only lasts a few minutes and my Cara can stay in the room with
1:15 me when your heartbeats little signals are sent into the machine through the
1:22 wires this makes a nice picture of my heartbe that the doctor will look at if I lie as still as as a statue the
1:30 picture is better and easier for the doctor to read I am all done now it was quite fun
1:38 having an ACG now I can go back to school and tell my friends all about it
0:00 hi my name is Gwion and today I going to show you what it is like to come to a hospital appointment to have a blood
0:08 test this is the children runs outpatient department and is where you will usually be asked to come for your
0:16 appointment for a blood test when I first arrive I will check in at the reception
0:23 desk I first sit in the waiting room until the nurse calls my name to keep busy I can play with the toys in the
0:30 waiting room I sometimes bring snacks or my own toys or tablets there's sometimes also a TV in the waiting room so I can
0:38 watch films if I want I sometimes feel nervous coming to my appointment but this doesn't last long as everyone is so
0:47 friendly You may wish to bring a book or Teddy in with you to make it easier or as a
0:54 distraction I like watching my favorite program on my mom's phone while having a and my parents or Cara can stay in the
1:03 room with me the blood test only lasts a few seconds Hi how are you I'm excited
1:12 excited is here you've got you blood test you so okay yeah some children says it feels like a
1:20 butterfly landed on your hand others say it feels like a tiny scratch okay so we going take a that test and car what do
1:28 we're going to go into your arm there okay so what I'm going to do I'm going to put band on your arm and squeeze it tight okay give me a wipe okay some cold
1:38 spray on a tiny little need we put in we done was that right happy with that this is Ashley she's going to support your
1:46 for me right come
1:54 make get this is the bance okay pop it over there it's going to go a little bit tight okay
2:01 queeze just relax your arm for me Ash's going to hold your arm give little white now there we have
2:11 this is the cold spray okay so you put some cold spray on a little scratch no okay and need
2:21 goes in well then we on okay my blood test is
2:28 all done now and I can go back to school and tell my friends all about it it didn't take very long at all and only
2:37 felt like a tiny scratch I didn't need to worry about it after all