Plans to create two new theatres, including a dedicated major trauma theatre, at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff have been approved by the Health Minister.

The updated Programme of Events for this year’s National Safeguarding Week (15th – 19th November) is now available.

Please click the link to see the latest bulletin from the Wales Council of the Blind.  

http://www.wcb-ccd.org.uk/news.php

The UK Bereavement Commission is looking for experiences of grief to help improve the bereavement support available to people across the country.

“Helping the Welsh Neurological Community keep warm this winter” 19th November 2021, 12:00pm – 1:00pm This session is being hosted by Wales Neurological Alliance To join the zoom meeting please click here

We can work with all unemployed and economically inactive or retired residents of Vale of Glamorgan, with no restrictions on the length of unemployment or what benefit is being claimed. This includes those claiming PIP and ESA.

Suitable for Flying Start, family nurse partnerships, parenting services, early help, early years, social care, maternity and health services.

The Welsh Government has responded to the latest NHS Performance data published today (21 October).

Please click the links for more information for the MS Society’s Men in Sheds Project.

Action for Elders has a new Mindfulness programme starting.

See the latest news from the Welsh Ambulance Service.

NHS Wales chief executive Andrew Goodall has warned the dual challenge of the COVID pandemic and other respiratory viruses will make this winter ‘one of the hardest we have ever faced’, as the NHS Wales Health and Social Care Winter Plan is published.

Red Cross has a variety of information available in different languages regarding Covid-19 vaccines.

Down to Earth has been successful in bidding for £140,000 to help young people in Southeast Wales rebuild self-esteem and confidence through creating green hospital infrastructure.

ICF Dementia Friendly Communities Fund 2021 Round 2 (REVENUE FUNDING). C £17,000 available for spend in the financial year ending March 2022 (Strict deadline for spend). Deadline for submissions 12 noon Friday October 29th 2021.

A leaflet produced by Older People’s Commission for Wales and funded by Welsh Government is now available, with practical tips that will help older people to feel more prepared and confident about getting out and about again and to keep well through the winter months, as well as details of whom to contact for help or support.

Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) will be running a Population needs Assessment Focus group for adults with a chronic health condition. We are looking for a minimum of 6 people and a maximum of 12 people to join this group.

Two women from the Vale of Glamorgan have revealed how rewarding they find foster caring as a national recruitment campaign continues.

A Covid-19 Mobile Testing Unit has opened today (Monday 18 October) at Le Pouliguen Way Car Park in Llantwit Major.

As part of our focus on Black History Month, we caught up with Director of Nursing for Primary, Community and Intermediate Care, Richard Desir who reflected on his route into nursing, where we are in relation to equality and diversity, and the work that he is involved in to drive forward the agenda.