A celebration event was recently held for Irene Hicks and her team of trusty helpers to say thank you for raising over £100,000 for The Breast Centre Appeal.   Irene and the team were invited in for lunch at The Breast Centre, where she was joined by Mr Sumit Goyal, Consultant Breast Surgeon along with Independent Member and Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee, Akmal Hanuk and Peter Welsh, University Hospital Llandough Hospital Manager.   Irene, a loving mother…

Cardiff & Vale Health Charity recently had the pleasure of welcoming the First Minister, Mark Drakeford to Our Orchard at University Hospital Llandough (UHL) to plant a tree which will blossom and grow for the future. The First Minister was joined by Maria Battle, Chair of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB), Jane Hutt AM, members of the Executive Team and staff to plant an apple tree.   The Our Orchard project will bring to life the vision of a…

Our beds will be blossoming at RHS Cardiff Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cardiff & Vale Health Charity are delighted to announce that they are participating in the RHS Cardiff’s Blossoming Beds competition on 12-14 April 2019. The Blossoming Beds Competition is brand new to the RHS Flower Show Cardiff in 2019 and aims to encourage those with a passion for plants and an eye for beautiful blossoms. The objective of the competition is to create a pocket…

  The podiatry team at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board have recently been shortlisted for the national Advancing Healthcare Awards for their revolutionary STANCE project. On Friday the 12th April will see Angela Jones and Helen White, two of the project’s leaders travel to London to represent our health board on the national stage. STANCE is an innovative and ground-breaking project designed to empower patients at risk of diabetic foot disease to take ownership of their foot care and,…

  A gym has recently opened at University Hospital Llandough to help those having treatment for breast cancer feel fitter, stronger and improve their confidence. Cardiff and Vale Health Board Chief Executive Len Richards, and Chair, Maria Battle visited the McCarthy Suite at the Breast Centre in University Hospital Llandough to meet Victoria Collins, Senior Physiotherapist, Mr Sumit Goyal, Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon and some breast cancer patients using the facility. The McCarthy Suite is a gym facility which was equipped…

Oliver Williams, Falls Strategy Implementation Lead at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is taking part in the Cardiff Half Marathon aiming to break a Guinness World record! Oliver is a seasoned runner, who regularly takes part in half marathons as well as being a regular fixture at Cardiff Parkrun. Oliver started running eight years ago, mainly around parkrun, and has been running ever since. He’s currently running sections of the Wales Coastal path and hopes to complete that this…