A further £3m is to be invested by the Welsh Government to recruit more emergency ambulance staff to improve response times for the most seriously ill or injured.

Today, Eluned Morgan, Minister for Health and Social Services, announced the appointment of Marilyn Bryan-Jones as Independent Member to Digital Health and Care Wales.

A new, Primary Care Obesity Prevention action plan has been launched by Public Health Wales, to support the implementation of the adult All Wales Weight Management Pathway (AWWMP) 2021, in line with the Healthy Weight Healthy Wales Delivery Plan 2022-24.

A new surgical Same Day Emergency Care (sSDEC) unit has opened at University Hospital of Wales (UHW). The multidisciplinary unit aims to speed up the process of diagnosis and treatment for patients with acute surgical problems, allowing many patients, who previously would have been admitted to hospital, to return home on the same day.

Nutrition for Your Little One’s (NYLO) free Summer programme, starting on 20 July, is available to families within the Cardiff and Vale area with children ages 1-5. The programme aims to give parents confidence to provide a balanced diet for their children and help them maintain a healthy weight.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has had its very own Youth Board since November 2018. Made up of a diverse group of inspiring young people, our Youth Board members give up their free time to help influence changes in the Health Board for other children and young people.

Two million COVID-19 booster vaccinations have been administered in Wales and all eligible people will be offered an autumn booster by the end of November, the Minister for Health and Social Services has announced.

Dewis Cymru continues to go from strength to strength with the latest figures showing an average of around 170,000 service views and over 32million services listed in search results across Wales each month.

The Vale Index have issued their digital Summer newsletter, for families of children and young people with disabilities, additional needs or emerging needs in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The next Ty Hapus walk is on the 5th August 2022. We hope you will be able to join us!

A new report from Public Wales has been published that explores inequity in participation of the national, population based screening programmes following disruption caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Public Health Wales Board will be held on Thursday 28 July 2022 at 10:00.

The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted every young person in Wales, although how young people’s mental wellbeing has been affected depends on a range of factors, according to a new Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessment (MWIA) from Public Health Wales.

An Extreme Heat Warning has been issued for large areas of Wales. The hot spell is likely to start on Sunday and peak at the start of the week. If you are out and about enjoying the weather, please keep yourself safe.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board alongside its official charity, Cardiff & Vale Health Charity, celebrated the opening of Horatio’s Garden in the Spinal Injury and Neuro Rehabilitation Centre at University Hospital Llandough on Saturday 2nd July.

Our Health Board continues to face extreme pressures across services which includes maternity. Unfortunately, the Health Board has had to make the difficult decision to suspend home birthing services until October 2022 to alleviate workforce pressures in hospital midwifery settings, particularly the Midwifery Led Unit.

To see the latest bulletin from The Wales Council of the Blind please click this link

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Wales is urging people to take extra precautions and to plan ahead to keep themselves and others safe as the Met Office warns of extreme heat.

The Queen presented the George Cross to NHS Wales Chief Executive Judith Paget and Intensive Care Consultant Dr Ami Jones at a ceremony in Windsor Castle today (12 July).

Tom Kerridge BBC Lifeline appeal for the MS Society.