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This unique course is appropriate for staff and volunteers who would like to develop a better understanding of digital health.

Come along to the free session to find out on 3rd October at the Dusty Forge, Cowbridge Road West, Cardiff

Information and Support sessions from Arthritis Care, Care & Repair and Welfare Rights Service on 2nd October 2018

Wales has committed to participating in the Joint Action on Health Equity Europe (JAHEE) Programme at a meeting in Luxemburg.

Many yoghurts are full of sugar and the public should not be lulled into thinking they are eating healthy products, researchers say.

Public Health Wales has published a new long term strategy setting out how it will transform the health of the nation by 2030.

The British Nutrition Foundation is launching a concept called the "quality calorie", to make people think more about the types of foods they eat.

Free courses at Palmerston Centre, Barry – Introduction to Childcare and Build Your Confidence

From this week, all smear tests in Wales will look for the presence of high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) which cause 99.8 per cent of cervical cancers.

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Midwives are calling for official guidance on how much weight is healthy for women to put on during pregnancy.

Alzheimer’s Society activities and groups from October 2018 – March 2019 in Cardiff and the Vale

The next Vale Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Network meeting will be on Wednesday 10th October at GVS from 10am until 12 noon. There will be the following updates: Vale Flying Start and Vale Parenting Service The work of the Patient Experience Team in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board The new charity, Versus Arthritis, following the merger of Arthritis Care and Arthritis Research UK As well as updates on the Wellbeing Hub in Penarth, the Carers Support and Information Network Group (CSING), future third sector grant schemes and much more

Last week VIPs, parents and guests joined staff at Y Bont, a local Bridgend charity that supports disabled babies, children and their families to officially open a new bespoke sensory garden and playground at Y Bont.

Dementia is an umbrella term that is used to describe a set of symptoms that people experience when certain brain functions are affected by diseases of the brain.

Nurses and other NHS staff, on Agenda for Change terms and conditions, in Wales have agreed a new pay deal over three years.

A mother-of-two is urging women to take part in routine cervical cancer screening tests after her results prompted potentially life-saving treatment

Join Age Cymru to celebrate Age Positive Week, our national celebration of all that’s positive about ageing.

The latest edition of the Shaping our Future Wellbeing Quarterly Newsletter is now available.

Hundreds of patients with a type of aggressive skin cancer will be offered a targeted therapy on the NHS in England and Wales, which reduces the risk of it returning.

Elderly people could be entitled to free care funded by a new tax under proposals from a Welsh Labour leadership candidate.

Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, has an announced a £4m investment as part of measures to transform eye care services across Wales.

Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) offers an extensive range of training courses and briefing sessions. Sessions are charged at very reasonable rates, discounted for charities and voluntary groups and on offer at the moment include...

The Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust Local Grant Scheme is now open for applications with a closing date of 23rd December 2018.

Social media could be driving a rise in tokophobia - an extreme fear of pregnancy and childbirth - a leading midwife says.

The British Transplant Games have been held every summer since 1978 and are open to anyone who has been a recipient of a donated organ.

The September edition of Caring Times, the newsletter for carers living in the Vale of Glamorgan is now available.

Information sessions on 25th September at the Age Connects Senior Health Shop, Barry

High levels of shame and ignorance are associated with HPV, the sexually-transmitted virus which affects 80% of people, a survey has discovered.

A new fund has been launched in Wales to help community groups dispel some of the myths around organ donation in black, Asian and ethnic minority communities.

There needs to be an honest conversation with people in Wales about paying for social care in the future so that the added demand for care and support from an increasingly ageing population can be met, Social Care Minister Huw Irranca-Davies said today.

Welsh Government, Sport Wales and Public Health Wales have come together to deliver the Healthy and Active Fund (HAF) which aims to improve mental and physical health by enabling the adoption of healthy and active lifestyles across Wales.

The theme of the 2018 funding programme is ‘Caring for our Carers’. The closing date for applications is 5th October 2018.

Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, has called on the on the UK Government to avoid a catastrophic ‘no deal’ Brexit following a meeting with health and social care leaders on the impact of a ‘no deal’ scenario.

Agored Cymru accredited (Level 2, 3 credits) on food and nutrition in Barry and Cardiff.

The latest edition of the Healthy Working Wales e-bulletin which focuses on Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) is now available.

The latest edition of ‘Sylw’, Wales Council of the Blind’s newsletter is now available.

The latest Info Burst newsletter from the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust is now available.

Three out of four parents say their children's mental health deteriorated while waiting for NHS support, according to a report by charity YoungMinds.

Poor mental health affects half of all employees, according to a survey of 44,000 people carried out by the mental health charity Mind.

A ground-breaking clinical trial has been launched in Cardiff to help prevent and manage the chronic autoimmune disease Type 1 diabetes.

A Urology cancer administrator from the University Hospital of Wales, who gives up his own time to lead a running club and train his colleagues has been crowned our latest Health Hero. Spiro Pezaros, 38 from Risca is a Urology cancer administrator at the University Hospital of Wales, is the first point of contact when patients are referred into the service for diagnosis of possible Urology cancer.

Tai Chi session at the Motion Control Dance studio in the YMCA for anyone over the age of 50, only £2.50 a session

The number of people waiting for a lung transplant has gone up by 46% over the past five years, according to official figures.

Plans to give new parents a free goody box of essential items will be considered if Mark Drakeford becomes Wales' next first minister.

Local primary school children slathered on the suncream and brought their inquisitive minds to a hospital site to learn about nature and the environment.

The trial of a HIV drug that cuts the chances of infection has been "encouraging" in Wales, according to new figures.

Demand for advice on signs of heat exhaustion and preventing heatstroke more than doubled during this summer's UK heatwave, according to NHS figures.

Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has welcomed the encouraging response to a new HIV prevention drug, after the first year of providing it through the NHS in Wales.

Vaughan Gething, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, has today announced the re-appointment of Caroline Phipps as Chair of the Advisory Panel on Substance Misuse.