The Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board has agreed a set of key aims and objectives to improve the health and wellbeing of the population across the region. The Regional Partnership Board will be hosting a number of workshops with third sector organisations over the coming months. Our first workshop will be held online on the 15th July 10am-12pm with organisations providing services to adults aged 18+

June 17th marked a very special day for one of the Rookwood patients. It was on ward A7 where patient Lee and his partner, Michael, got married!

The results of the latest ‘How Are We Doing in Wales’ public engagement survey have been released by Public Health Wales.

A lifesaving programme to help improve survival rates after a cardiac arrest is being supported with almost £2.5m over the next three years by the Welsh Government.

On the anniversary of birth of the NHS, Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan has written to all NHS CEOs, Chief Executives and staff, including those working in social care, to thank them for their efforts over the course of the pandemic.

The NHS in Wales has been honoured with The George Cross in recognition of the incredible effort of all those working in the NHS during the pandemic.

As there has been a 90% increase in consumer scams due to COVID-19, costing the economy between £5-10 billion. In response to this Citizens Advice Cardiff and Vale, in partnership with Trading Standards want to increase our engagement with local businesses, organisations and community groups to help raise awareness of scams within our local communities.

Vaccination centres across many parts of Wales will be open for walk-in appointments from this weekend as the Health Minister makes a call to all adults to get their jab.

Health Minister Eluned Morgan has today (Thursday 1 July) set out a path for a gradual increase in routine dental services in Wales.

The Delta variant (VOC-21APR-02) has replaced other strains of Coronavirus as the dominant variant in all health board areas of Wales, Public Health Wales has confirmed.

Public Health Wales have published a suite of documents that will help inform and enable healthier future environments including strategies to help stem the rise in obesity in Wales.

A new, interactive toolkit, ‘Step Change for a Sustainable Planet’, has been launched today by Public Health Wales’ Health and Sustainability Hub.

We are delighted to announce that alongside our partners, Archus, Mott MacDonald, Q5, Hoare Lea, BDP, Welsh Rugby Union, Cardiff Blues and countless others, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has been awarded the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Partnership Award in the regional COVID-19 response category for the construction and operation of Ysbyty Calon y Ddraig, Dragon’s Heart Hospital (DHH).

Lateral flow tests are becoming an increasingly common part of life in Wales as we move out of lockdown.

Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan has said she wants to see a first group of social care workers receive the Real Living Wage early in this Senedd term.