Swansea City matches helping to improve patients symptoms
PATIENTS at Cefn Coed Hospital are having a ball attending live Swans matches thanks to the generosity of a local businessman. Phil Lake, who runs Lakeside Security and Lakeside Flood Solutions, has donated a number of Swansea City season tickets…
Covid cases in Wales keep on rising
THE latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures reveals that one in 20 people in Wales had the Covid virus the week ending June 30. That is an increase from 0ne in 30 the week previous. Comparative figures for England…
£16.5m needed to replace Morriston Hospital electrical substation “at direct risk of failure”
HEALTH chiefs need £16.5 million for a new electrical sub-station at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital because two existing ones are “at direct risk of failure”, a finance chief said. Darren Griffiths said the new one would also ensure ventilation in the hospital’s…
Swansea UHB home birth service suspended again due to staff shortages
A DECISION to temporarily close the home birth service in Swansea Bay again was “the last thing we wanted to do”, a health leader said. Mark Hackett, chief executive of Swansea Bay University Health Board, said staff sickness linked to…
Three new theatres for Singleton Hospital
THREE new operating theatres are a step closer at Swansea’s Singleton Hospital, and recruiting the staff needed to work in them is under way. Swansea Bay University Health Board chiefs have agreed to push forward with the proposal, although a…
Bay Studios Covid field hospital being decommissioned
THE field hospital which became a symbol of the early response to the Covid pandemic in Swansea Bay is finally to be decommissioned. Bay Studios Field Hospital, off Fabian Way, was created at speed along with the smaller Llandarcy Field…