Health Board News

If you are planning to visit someone in hospital, please help us keep your friends and family safe by not visiting our hospitals if you are feeling poorly.

Recommendation 4 Task and Finish Group Update

A member of the capital and estates team at Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) has been recognised in a prestigious national industry awards.

Kara Price, Transformation Programme Manager with Powys Teaching Health Board won the Systems and Pathways award in the Excellence category of the Moondance Cancer Awards at a ceremony in Cardiff recently. 

Professionals across NHS Wales were awarded for their successes in making healthcare services more sustainable at the Welsh NHS Sustainability Awards 2024 recently.

The awards celebrate the efforts of staff in delivering environmentally friendly outcomes at work, and projects making lasting changes.  

The reality is, it can be totally normal to feel stressed, anxious or low in the perinatal period.  But rest assured, there’s help at hand: Help that fits in with you and your schedule; help you can access 24/7 in the comfort of your own home; help that will teach you lasting skills for taking care of your mental health now and into the future.

When it comes to the future of our health and social care services here in Wales, it is vital that everyone’s best interests are represented. That’s why we’re working with Llais to encourage you to have a voice and help shape Wales’ health and social care services for the better.

Today, on the 80^th anniversary of D-Day, we join the nation in remembering and honouring the fallen.

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A new service which makes it quicker and easier for patients to find out if they are suffering from an arrhythmia is now being rolled out to patients via some GP practices in Powys.

Powys Teaching Health Board is proud to be supporting International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) on 17 May.

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and this year’s theme is ‘Movement – Moving for our Mental Health’. Moving more can boost your energy levels, reduce stress and improve your self-esteem.

A dedicated Powys phone line for people who require urgent mental health support has reached its first birthday.

Funding for projects which contribute to Powys people’s health and wellbeing is available via the Small Health Grants Scheme but the closing date for applications is rapidly approaching.

Decision of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee – 23/4/24

Welsh Government has announced two appointments to the Board of Powys Teaching Health Board.

The team at Knighton’s Cottage View residential care home has welcomed its latest very positive inspection report from Care Inspectorate Wales.