Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is pleased to announce they have received five Carer Friendly Accreditations throughout their hospitals during Carers Week.   The Information and Support Centres at the University Hospital of Wales, University Hospital Llandough and Barry Hospital all received accreditation along with Ward B6 and Ward B4 at the University Hospital of Wales.   Only six Carer Friendly Accreditations were presented during this round of awards and out of those six, five were awarded to…

  Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has recently welcomed three overseas nurses to the team who have completed the Adaptation programme to become Band 5 Registered Nurses.   The Health Board runs the Adaptation programme to support nurses from overseas in gaining their Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) pin which means they can practice as a registered nurse in the UK.   Having successfully completed the programme Christine John, Maureen Burrows and Sonia Elias are now working as nurses…

      A campaign to raise awareness of Hepatitis C testing and treatment is being run by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board in the run up to World Hepatitis Day (28th July). The Road to Elimination is a virtual challenge that has been devised to get people involved and help ‘take a step to eliminate Hep C in Wales’. The virtual challenge has mapped out the distance across Hep C treatment hospitals across Wales, which is 325 miles,…