Health Board News

Crafters from north, mid and south Powys have been celebrating the 75^th Anniversary of the NHS by knitting and crocheting ‘postbox toppers’.

Powys Teaching Health Board is proud to have partnered with Bangor University and Llandrillo College to offer a distance-learning nursing degree programme, to be undertaken while also working as a Healthcare Support Worker in the health board. 

This is the first edition of a regular community newsletter for the people of the Llanfair Caereinion area designed to keep you informed of the development of the proposed Primary Care Centre in the town.

Powys Clinical Pharmacist Rafael Baptista, whose work to develop and implement the xPIRT Pharmacy Intervention Recording Tool has won a UK-wide Community Hospitals Association Innovation and Best Practice Award.

At the 2023 Royal College of Nursing Wales awards held at City Hall in Cardiff on Thursday 29 June, two Powys nurses were recognised for their exceptional work

Powys Teaching Health Board Director of Public Health Mererid Bowley said: “Summer is a great time to spend with family and friends. Whether we’re going to a festival with friends, going out for the day, traveling abroad or enjoying a staycation, there are some simple things we can all do to stay well and keep our summer plans on track.”

Do you, or someone you know, have a lung condition? Join us on the 6 July 2023, from 10.30am for a leisurely walk around Llandrindod Wells lake.

You are invited to an online Q&A event from 5.15pm to 6pm on Wednesday 5 July.

Read the latest newsletter on the Bro Ddyfi Hospital redevelopment on our website.

The NHS Wales Emergency Ambulance Services Committee has published a fifth briefing for stakeholders on the development of Air Ambulance services,

The NHS Wales Emergency Ambulance Services Committee has published a eighth briefing for stakeholders on the development of Air Ambulance services,

People in the Dyfi Valley are benefiting from improved health and care facilities thanks to the £15m refurbishment of Ysbyty Bro Ddyfi in Machynlleth which was officially opened by Minister for Health and Social Services Eluned Morgan on Thursday 25 May 2023.

Powys Teaching Health Board is developing a Powys Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing Strategy with the aim of embedding arts, creativity and ecotherapy experiences into health and social care services for the benefit of the people of Powys, in support of mental, physical health and wellbeing.

Patients are now starting use the redeveloped facilities at Bro Ddyfi Community Hospital thanks to £15m of Welsh Government funding.

Further dates have been announced as part of the formal public engagement process about EMRTS Cymru who work in partnership with the Wales Air Ambulance Charity to provide the air ambulance service in Wales.

Carl Cooper, Chair of Powys Teaching Health Board, has today announced the appointment of Hayley Thomas as interim Chief Executive of the Health Board.

There are around 100,000 strokes in England, Scotland and Wales every year. Stroke is the fourth single leading cause of death in the UK and the single largest cause of complex disability.