The Rutherford Cancer Centre South Wales has been approved by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (WHSSC) to provide high energy proton beam therapy to adult patients referred from the NHS in Wales. The Newport centre, which is operated by Proton Partners International, is the first centre in the UK to offer high energy proton … Continue reading Proton beam therapy approved by NHS Wales

The introduction of a new streamlined Single Suspected Cancer Pathway will improve quality and outcomes for cancer patients in Wales, Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has announced today. The Welsh Government says the new single cancer pathway will start from the point a patient is suspected of having cancer, rather than when the cancer is confirmed, … Continue reading New streamlined single cancer pathway for Wales

Llanelli’s Wellness and Life Science Village has been added by the UK Government to its multi-billion pound High Potential Opportunities scheme, which is designed to fast track investment into regions and sectors of the economy. Business News Wales reports this means the Village will be promoted to one hundred and eight countries, helping further raise … Continue reading Wellness Village to be promoted to global investors

Patients in Wales want a more equal role in managing their own health and care, a leading think tank has found. The Bevan Commission worked with partners in Swansea University School of Medicine, Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations (GAVO) and 1000 Lives Improvement to analyse one thousand four hundred patient responses to the Education for … Continue reading 1,400 patient responses analysed by the Bevan Commission

A cutting edge new leisure centre that will give a major boost to health, fitness and wellbeing opportunities for many thousands of people in Llanelli and beyond is planned to open in 2021. Located in the £200m Wellness and Life Science Village at Delta Lakes, the leisure centre will combine with other attractions and facilities … Continue reading Leisure centre at heart of Llanelli’s Wellness Village plans

The way patient records are kept in Wales is outdated and worryingly prone to crashing, placing patients at risk, a new report has found. The NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) is supposed to integrate IT systems across Wales’ health boards using new ways to speed up red tape, save money and improve patient treatment. However, … Continue reading Outdated IT system puts patients in Wales at risk

Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has announced £3m to improve access to technology for healthcare staff and patients. Speaking at the Digital Health and Care Conference in Cardiff on November 7th, Vaughan Gething said the money would form part of a new three year Digital Inclusion and Health programme which would help staff and patients engage … Continue reading £3m to improve access to digital healthcare in Wales

Health Secretary Vaughan Gething, has announced £1.7m funding for a Cwmtawe project to develop new models of health and social care. The Welsh Government says the funding comes from the £100m Transformation Fund to support key actions from its long term plan for health and social care, A Healthier Wales. The Cwmtawe Cluster project, developed … Continue reading £1.7m Swansea healthcare vision a blueprint for the future

Ministers have announced plans to deliver a seamless health and social care system, which supports people to live healthy and independent lives, will receive a £180m funding boost next year. The Welsh Government says Health and Social Services Secretary, Vaughan Gething and Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care, Huw Irranca-Davies have set out … Continue reading £180m for seamless health and social care in Wales

Action needs to be taken to tackle loneliness and social isolation, which already impacts one in five people in Wales and is fast becoming a significant public health issue, according to Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care, Huw Irranca-Davies. The Welsh Government has launched a national conversation on what can be done to … Continue reading Welsh Government sees loneliness as public health threat