Children’s playgrounds and play spaces across Wales are to be improved so youngsters have better opportunities to play within their local communities.

Community is vital for our mental health and wellbeing, and is this year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week.

Monday 12 May is International Nurses Day. 

On 4th April 2025 Barry Ladies Choir joined forces with Vale Associated Training Brass Band to raise £700 for Dinas Powys Voluntary Concern in a spring concert for a capacity crowd at St Peters Church in Dinas Powys.

Our Family & Friends Insight Sessions are here to help you or someone you know navigate the challenges of a loved one’s alcohol or drug use - or their recovery. Join us for an insightful session led by Susie Boxall from the Recovery and Wellbeing College.

Mental Health & Wellbeing survey for young people 11-25 years. Your thoughts and views can have an impact.

Vacancy for a Senior Arian Debt Adviser – closing date is 10am Friday 6^th June

The recent coffee morning held in support of the CF61 Gardening Project proved to be a resounding success, raising a fantastic total of £1,088.18.

New findings from Public Health Wales, in partnership with The School Health Research Network at Cardiff University, show that secondary school aged girls have much higher rates of self-reported problematic social media use than boys. 

With International Day of the Midwife last Monday and International Nurses Day approaching we are delighted that three Cardiff and Vale UHB colleagues have secured Florence Nightingale Foundation Leadership Scholarships.

People across Wales are being encouraged to download the NHS Wales App to access a wide range of services digitally.

The Vale 50+ Strategy Forum is excited to announce their second of three community events for this year. Join us on Thursday, May 22^nd from 2 PM to 4 PM at CF61, Station Road, Llantwit Major, CF61 1ST

Public Health Wales invites colleagues and partners across NHS Wales to contact its Behavioural Science Unit (BSU) to explore how behavioural science can help improve their work, supported by insights from the unit’s newly published annual report. 

Organisations across Cardiff and Vale came together for the formal launch of the new Director of Public Health annual report.

Following an internal staff survey that raised significant concerns, the Health Board initiated a comprehensive service review of the main theatres at the University Hospital of Wales.  

The Future Generations Report is designed to support politicians and public body leaders in making life better for people and planet now and in the future.

Find out more about volunteering at the Barry Island 10k on Sunday 15th June.

Congratulations to Dr Richard Skone who has been appointed Interim Deputy Medical Director at Velindre University NHS Trust. 

Gareth Evans remembers the day his career began at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. It was July 1989, and his dad dropped him off at Cardiff Royal Infirmary (CRI).

Colleagues across the Primary, Community and Intermediate Care (PCIC) Clinical Board were recognised for their achievements and hard work at the annual Staff Recognition and Celebratory Event.