North Powys

Many congratulations to Tanya Thomas, Team Leader for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Powys, who won in the category of Mental Health Nurse at last week’s RCN Wales Nurse of the Year Awards.

Update from Powys Teaching Health Board on Pharmacy Services in Llanfyllin

Last week saw the official opening of the Richardson Centre for Mental health and Wellbeing in Llandrindod Wells. Named after a much-loved colleague who sadly passed away, the centre replaces the former ‘Hazels’ building in a modern, accessible setting.

Each year on the 11th of November, we come together, united in remembrance, to honour all those who have served, suffered, and sacrificed in the conflict of war, and those service personnel who continue to serve with courage and dedication.

Proposals for a health and wellbeing hub in the centre of Newtown are now available at www.powyswellbeing.wales and we’d like to hear your views.

Your views will help to shape a £30m funding bid, due to be submitted by Powys County Council and Powys Teaching Health Board to Welsh Government this winter. If approved by Welsh Government - and subject to planning permission - the new hub could open within three years.

The Express Yourself arts and health initiative, led by Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB), has been shortlisted for the Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation at the Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru 2025.

Thanks to the positive developments made possible by League of Friends, improvement works are now due to start at Welshpool Hospital on 2 September 2025 and will continue until Christmas.