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Peanut allergy can be beaten with a treatment that slowly builds up tolerance, a large study shows.

People in Wales are still drinking too much alcohol – with nearly one in five adults drinking above the recommended guidelines, leading to serious impacts on their health, Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said today.

This October Bowel Screening Wales celebrated its 10th anniversary but almost half of people living in Wales ignore the life-saving test!

New data shows for the first time, a significant increase in the donation after brain stem death (DBD) consent rates in Wales (88.2%) when compared to England (73.3%).

Many adults in the UK enjoy an alcoholic drink every now and again but in the run up to Christmas, many of us find ourselves drinking too much. Next week is Alcohol Awareness Week: a perfect time to think about your drinking.

School children across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan have been holding sessions for older people in the local community to raise awareness of and reduce the risk of falling.

Join Fertility Network UK and more than 20 exhibitors and the largest and most comprehensive fertility and wellbeing event in Wales

Information drop in sessions for unpaid carers looking after a member of their family or a friends living in the Vale of Glamorgan who has an illness or disability.

New research exploring mortality in the UK and 150 English Local Authority Areas from 1990-2016

Children in care in Wales are settled in their placements and happy with their lives overall, a major new survey published today shows.

At a prestigious event at Cardiff City Hall, Nurses from across Wales gathered to celebrate the passion and dedication they pour into their day-to-day work.

Delivering library books to your home! Vale of Glamorgan Libraries run a Home Library Service where volunteers will deliver books to people in their homes. This free service is ideal for anyone who can no longer get to a library themselves because of mobility, caring responsibilities or other issues. Every four weeks a volunteer will drop off a bag of books for the reader and collect the previous month’s books.

Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething has today announced the preferred partner to deliver the new state backed scheme to provide clinical negligence indemnity for GPs in Wales.

The 2018 annual report for the Congenital Anomaly Register and Information Service for Wales (CARIS) has been published.

The Health Board is urging people not to visit our hospitals if you are unwell, have been unwell in the last 24 hours or had contact with a person with flu-like symptoms in recent days.

Vale residents are being warned of fake charity collectors’ cold calling at their homes, following a number of reports made to south Wales Police.

Helena Herklots, the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has published “A Guide to Respite for People Affected by Dementia”.

As the nation marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has been accredited as ‘Veteran Aware’.

The increasing number of people being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes is one of the greatest public health challenges currently facing the NHS. A considerable amount of the health service’s UK-wide budget is spent on the treatment of this condition.

New standards to ensure children in special schools in Wales receive high quality healthcare from school nurses have been unveiled today by Minister for Children, Huw Irranca-Davies.

A new discovery could explain why obese people are more likely to develop cancer, scientists say

The campaign group Action on Sugar is demanding a ban on freakshakes and all milkshakes with more than 300 calories.

Public Health Wales is reminding people with long term health conditions to protect themselves from flu this year.

People across Wales are being urged by the Welsh Government to act NOW and do more to ensure children and adults are not put at risk of abuse, neglect and exploitation.

The Welsh Government will invest £15m next year to help safely reduce the need for children to enter care and support children in care, Minister for Children, Huw Irranca-Davies announced today.

Next week is national Alcohol Awareness Week, and as usual in Cardiff and Vale Public Health Wales are supporting this campaign by offering organisations the opportunity to order some promotional materials.

Cardiff & Vale University Health Board are seeking feedback on your experiences of mental health services in Cardiff and the Vale.

The Cardiff Council and Vale of Glamorgan Council in partnership with Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) and Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) have allocated £42,750 in total, to fund new and innovative third sector sustainable preventative community activities and services in Cardiff and the Vale.

Are you open over Christmas and New Year? GVS is putting together a directory of voluntary sector services which are open over this time, particularly those which are open on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers.

As the nation marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, Cardiff and Vale UHB are proud to announce they have been awarded a prestigious Gold Award in the Employer Recognition Scheme for their support to the armed forces.

The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has just published its plans for 2019 – 2020. They would like to consult with members of the public to see if you agree with the seven priorities that they have identified.

Women who smoke, have diabetes or high blood pressure increase their risk of a heart attack more than men faced with the same risks, a large study of UK adults has found.

Peter Sansom, Head Gardener has been crowned this month’s Health Hero for giving 47 years’ service to Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB). Peter started working for the NHS as an apprentice gardener when he was just 15 years old.

New data released by Public Health Wales shows that despite an overall decrease in hospital admissions for illicit drugs, the number of cocaine-related hospital admissions has increased by 114 per cent in the last five years to 2017-18.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Infection Prevention and Control team is supporting a re-launch of a campaign to improve the safety of patient care through better use of catheters and cannulas.

Cardiff and Vale UHB would like to warmly welcome our newly appointed Director of Digital and Health intelligence, David Thomas. David will be assuming the role from the 2nd of January 2019.

Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, has announced £3m to improve access to technology for health staff and patients.

Cardiff & Vale Public Health Team are now able to offer a FREE 2 hour course for practitioners or volunteers working with or supporting older people. The session will be on 15th January 2019 at the Civic Offices, Barry.

A brand new NextBike station has just been installed on the University Hospital of Wales site. NextBike, a major bike-sharing scheme, was introduced in Cardiff in May 2018 and has taken the city by storm. Thousands of people have signed up to the scheme and, every week, there are over 10,000 rentals across the Welsh capital.

Social Care Wales and NHS Wales have jointly developed a Carer Awareness E-learning Course.

Diabetes Awareness Week, Care and Repair in Vale and an Epilepsy Support Monthly Meeting

First Minister, Carwyn Jones, has announced £30.8million funding for a new unit for patients needing specialist neuro and spinal rehabilitation in Cardiff.

Cardiff and the Vale Action for Mental Health (cavamh) have an exciting new short-term research exercise : “My Say: a service user feedback project” Cavamh want to gather people’s experiences of having care and treatment from Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) in Cardiff and the Vale.

Care & Repair Cardiff and the Vale are currently seeking a Project Administrator. Applications to be returned by 5:00pm Friday 23rd November 2018

A chemical that makes brain tumours glow pink could help surgeons to remove the cancer safely, a trial suggests.

Senior doctors are calling for graphic images of injuries to be displayed on firework packaging.

To make outpatient appointments as easy as possible for our patients, Cardiff and Vale UHB is rolling out a brand new system of digital appointment letters that you can have sent straight to your smartphone.

Getting ready for winter with personal health planning and choosing the right service for advice on prevention and treatment is vital as we approach a challenging time for the health service in Wales, said the Health Secretary Vaughan Gething at the launch of the Choose Well campaign today.

This workshop will give your organisation the opportunity to shape and be involved in the government's plans to ensure every EU citizen applies for the settlement scheme, and is supported to do so. Your involvement will also help to develop improved insight into the settlement scheme itself.