Female dementia patients can visit their very own hair salon before enjoying afternoon tea or popping to the pub. Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board reports innovative staff at Swansea’s Cefn Coed Hospital’s Onnen Ward have recreated a hair salon and tearoom, called Serenity, in a bid to enhance the care given to their patients. … Continue reading Hair salon recreated for women with dementia

Health Minister Vaughan Gething has said the Welsh Government will target new mental health investment in initiatives to prevent and reduce suicide rates in Wales. Mental health is one of the Welsh Government’s top priorities. To support this, ministers continue to spend more on mental health services than on any other part of the Welsh … Continue reading New funding to help prevent and reduce suicide in Wales

The Welsh Ambulance Service will work with researchers from Swansea University Medical School, Kingston University and St George’s, University of London and University of Leeds to identify when ambulance crews should perform a simple ECG test. The project has received a £197,000 grant from the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Currently when someone has a suspected … Continue reading Swansea University helping improve heart attack treatment

Using his background in engineering, trainee clinical scientist Jonathan Howard has played a key part in the manufacturing of 3D printed bespoke head supports for people using wheelchairs. Jonathan Howard, who is based in Morriston Hospital, collaborated with both PDR at Cardiff Metropolitan University and the College of Engineering at Swansea University on this new … Continue reading Award for 3D printing project to support wheelchair users

The National Imaging Academy Wales in Pencoed officially opened on Monday. ITV reports the £3.4m facility will train the next generation of radiologists, radiographers, sonographers and imaging professionals. It has been created to meet the demand gap for the imaging workforce as well as help address the rising demand and expectations of imaging services. The … Continue reading National Imaging Academy Wales officially opens

Abetawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board says the Derwen Arms has its own pool table and dart board. And while the beer is strictly non-alcoholic and the darts are made out of plastic, that hasn’t stopped the pub from being a hit with its customers. It is located within Derwen Ward, a twenty bed unit … Continue reading The dementia ward where you can enjoy an evening pint

A research trial in Swansea will see microscopic organisms harvested from the faeces of healthy volunteers and transplanted into the bowels of people with type 2 diabetes who are also obese. Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABMU) say the trial has the potential to be a global game changer by leading to weight loss … Continue reading Healthy people’s poo could help tackle obesity and diabetes

A report from the Bevan Commission, a leading health and care think tank, has found the NHS in Wales uses over three hundred and seventy separate indicators and measures to monitor and evaluate its performance, leading to confusion, wasted opportunities and time. The Bevan Commission report, Measuring health outcomes – a complex system, also reviewed … Continue reading NHS Wales gathering “mostly useless” information

Plans for a £200m Wellness and Life Science Village in Llanelli have been unanimously approved by Carmarthenshire Council’s planning committee. However, WalesOnline reports the decision will now be referred to the Welsh Government. Ministers will decide whether or not to call the outline application in before approval is actually granted, or otherwise. The project has … Continue reading Wellness and Life Science Village secures council backing

Global engineering technologies company Renishaw has collaborated with University Dental Hospital of Wales (UDH) to help overcome some of the challenges associated with surgical implants. UDH has previously used Renishaw’s 3D printing services to manufacture a series of dental products, including cobalt chrome frameworks. However, the hospital has also been using 3D printing to produce … Continue reading Collaboration to produce 3D printed surgical implants