Wales' annual Young Carers Festival, which hosted a record number of young people this year, has been hailed as "life changing" by a young carer from Wrexham.

The number of people waiting more than 2 years for treatment fell to the lowest level since March 2021 in June, the latest NHS figures show.

Cardiff and Vale Dementia Learning and Development Team (DLDT) are holding online learning sessions, in partnership with Alzheimer's Society. 

There are a number of vacancies at Shelter Cymru. 

The Annual General Meeting of the Public Health Wales Board will be held on Wednesday 17 September 2025. The meeting will be held in person at Yr Egin, Carmarthen and online, from 13:00 - 15:30. 

A new survey has found that one in five people in Wales, who have never been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, have made positive changes to their behaviour in the past year to cut their risk of developing the condition.

Registration now open: Welsh Public Health Conference 2025
Wednesday 22 October - Glamorgan Cricket, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Your Story Matters: A Legacy Through Art is a free initiative for people in Cardiff and the Vale who are living with life-limiting conditions.

The Welsh Government is making £30 million in additional funding available to local authorities to strengthen community-based social care services and improve hospital discharge processes.

Public Health Wales is highlighting opportunities for closer collaboration between the health and housing sectors, to help ensure all families in Wales can live in homes that protect and promote their health and well-being. 

This year’s Welsh Public Health Conference will be taking place on Wednesday 22 October in Glamorgan Cricket, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

Wales has become one of the first nations in the world to start vaccinating people against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea. 

A new course for health and social care staff will help meet the needs of Welsh-speaking patients and develop the Welsh language skills of the workforce.

The number of harmful drinkers could be reduced by nearly 5,000 people under plans to raise the minimum unit price of alcohol in Wales.

This plan will act as a roadmap for how Cardiff & Vale University Health Board will deliver all services for the next ten years. The plan will be co-produced with our local communities and be built on the values of inclusivity, honestly and consistency.

Too few people know their rights, what they can reasonably expect from services, or how they can play their own part in staying well and that is why Llais is leading The Health and Social Care We Want: a national conversation about creating clearer, fairer, and more person-centred services.

Staff on our Nephrology (kidney) and transplant wards have been the first to use and experience our new electronic prescribing system. This system replaces paper medication charts with digital devices.

On World Hepatitis Day, new data from Public Health Wales shows progress towards eliminating hepatitis B and C in Wales. 

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is pleased to announce that the SWAN (Syndromes Without A Name) Clinic, based at University Hospital of Wales, has secured recurrent funding following a successful three-year pilot.

The next Chief Executive of the NHS in Wales will be Jacqueline Totterdell, currently the Group Chief Executive Officer, St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group.