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Family Information Service Launches Summer Holiday Programme 2025
The Vale of Glamorgan Council’s Family Information Service has announced the launch of its Summer Holiday Programme 2025, offering a wide range of free and low-cost activities for families and young people throughout the school holidays.
New online resource to help public health professionals capture the wider social value of their work
Public Health Wales has launched a new online guide to help public health practitioners, researchers and, policy and decision-makers understand and demonstrate the broader social, economic and environmental value of public health interventions.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board named in the shortlist for the NHS Wales Awards 2025
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is celebrating after being named in the NHS Wales Awards shortlist for 2025.
Cardiff and Vale UHB Cardiac Surgeons host Francis Fontan Leadership Fellowship winner
Winner of the prestigious Francis Fontan Leadership Fellowship, Dr Nora Göbel, recently visited cardiothoracic colleagues at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board to gain exposure to surgical leadership and knowledge and strengthen the global cardiothoracic community.
New Deputy Chief Medical Officer appointed
Dr James Calvert has been appointed the new Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Wales.
Age Connects Vacancy: Out & About 50+ Project Officer
Age Connects are recruiting to fill a 15-hour role, based in the Vale of Glamorgan, spread across 3 days. This position is funded until 31st March 2026. Applicants must be able to travel extensively across the Vale.
Advocacy Support Cymru (ASC) Latest Training Courses. Will you be joining us?
safeTALK – Suicide Alertness, Talking Mats – Award-winning tool to support people with communication difficulties and ASIST – Suicide Intervention.
Third Sector Capital Fund 2025/26
This Fund aims to provide capital resources for projects that support independent living in the community for people with care and support needs, and to provide intermediate care settings in the community so that people who need care, support and rehabilitation can return to living independently or maintain their existing independence. Deadline is 12 noon on Friday 15th August 2025.
Emergency Unit Achieves Bronze Accreditation in GreenED Programme
We’re proud to announce that the Emergency Unit at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) has been awarded a bronze accreditation by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s (RCEM) GreenED programme.
Cardiff Eye Unit Supports Team GB with Paralympic Visual Impairment Classifications
Colleagues from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff University and Hywel Dda University Health Board joined forces to support ParalympicsGB with the classification process for athletes ahead of the Paris 2025 Summer Paralympic Games.
Gloves Off campaign wins NHS Wales Sustainability Award
The team driving a campaign to eliminate unnecessary glove use across Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and beyond has received national recognition.
Free Multi professional Brain health and dementia risk reduction Webinar
Dr Natalie Elliott has been working with Public Health Network Cymru and the Dementia Programme Team to organise this free online webinar on 17th July 1.15-2.45pm.
Invitation to the Vale 50+ Strategy Forum community event
The Forum is excited to announce their third community event for this year. Join us on Thursday, 17th July from 2pm to 4pm at Barry Library, 160 Kings Square, Barry, CF63 4RW.
Parents' Voices at the Heart of new Early Years Framework for Action
Many parents in Wales feel overwhelmed, isolated, and unsure where to turn for help during the early years of raising a child, according to a new report from Public Health Wales.
National lung cancer screening programme for Wales will save lives, say health experts
Public Health Wales welcomes plans for a national lung screening programme, which will enable earlier diagnosis and treatment of cancers and ultimately save lives.
Regular sexual health testing and uptake of new vaccine advised following new report
Public Health Wales is urging people not to become complacent about their sexual health. Advice includes practising safe sex, getting regularly tested and taking up a new vaccine.
Cryptosporidium outbreak in Cowbridge declared over
Following the most recent meeting of the multi-agency Outbreak Control Team on 18 June 2025, the cryptosporidium outbreak associated with Cowbridge Farm Shop at Marlborough Grange Farm, Cross Ways, Cowbridge, has officially been declared over.
New multilingual guide helps parents feel confident when their child is unwell
A new guide has been launched to help parents feel more confident when their child is unwell and know where to go for the right help at the right time.
Digital Nursing shortlisted for national awards for improving patient care with real-time data
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board was delighted when its Digital Nursing team was shortlisted for two Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards earlier this month.
Exceptional Initiatives: Cardiff Team Honoured for Work in Organ Donation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is delighted to announce colleagues based at the University Hospital of Wales have won the Exceptional Promotion Initiative at the NHS Blood and Transplant / British Transplant Society Joint Congress Awards 2025.