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SWANSEA: New Ownership Secures Future of Home Care Provider
22+ hour, 22+ min ago (295+ words) Peter Lynn and Partners Solicitors advised entrepreneurs'Piers Tumeth and Lois Walters on the acquisition of shares in Padda Specialist Care Limited, the home care arm of the wider Padda Care group.' The business delivers essential domiciliary care services to individuals…...
Swansea University unveils memorial sculpture honouring "silent teachers" of medical science
22+ hour, 52+ min ago (443+ words) Their generosity provides an extraordinary resource for hands-on learning, giving medical students and healthcare professionals a deeper understanding of human anatomy and the complexities of disease. Swansea University makes extensive use of donated human tissue for anatomy teaching, not only…...
PEMBROKESHIRE: The seal pup who swam 120km from Cornwall to Pembrokeshire in four days " and lived to tell the tale
1+ week, 5+ day ago (678+ words) Ellie said: "Muse's story is such a fascinating one. When I initially assessed him, little did I know that he had travelled such a long way in such a short time." At the time of the Cornwall sighting, Muse had…...
I told them she was nine months pregnant and she might die" " Swansea mum gives birth in A&E during cardiac emergency
1+ week, 6+ day ago (572+ words) Alanna Rooke was almost 40 weeks pregnant when she suffered a seizure at her home in Mount Pleasant, Swansea. Her husband Simon called 999 but, fearing she couldn't wait for an ambulance, drove her straight to Morriston himself. When she arrived at…...
'We need action. We need jobs. We need answers' " Welsh student nurses face unemployment after 2, 300 hours of unpaid training
2+ week, 4+ day ago (383+ words) Student nurses in Wales are facing the prospect of qualifying with no job to go to " just days after a similar crisis emerged for newly trained paramedics " after a key NHS recruitment process was delayed for the second time due…...
NHS DENTISTRY: Nine-year-old waited two years for treatment " then was seen within days after dentist used rapid advice service
3+ week, 4+ day ago (361+ words) A nine-year-old girl in west Wales waited nearly two years for orthodontic treatment after her referral was rejected " only to be seen within days once her dentist used a rapid specialist advice service to break through the delays. The case,…...
BLOOD TEST SHUFFLE: Llanelli patients moved AGAIN as services shift to new "60m Pentre Awel site
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (442+ words) The move by Hywel Dda University Health Board marks the latest change for locals, who previously saw blood tests controversially shifted to an "out-of-town industrial park" in Dafen from the Antioch Centre in 2024. That move drew heavy fire from patients…...
A&E crisis: Nearly 1, 000 deaths in Wales linked to 12-hour waits as calls grow for urgent action
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (584+ words) New figures from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine reveal 965 deaths in 2025 were associated with long emergency department waits " an average of 18 people every week. The total is up on the previous year, with doctors warning the scale of the…...
SWANSEA: Parents" long fight for answers after son"s hidden ADHD and autism battle
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (475+ words) Tobias and Marc, who adopted their son Luke at 18 months, said they reached "crisis point" after being placed on a three-year NHS waiting list for an assessment. They described how their son, now nine, would "mask" his difficulties at school,…...
Campaigners lodge formal complaint over Pontyates GP surgery closure plans
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (620+ words) The move comes as the health board's eight-week public engagement exercise draws to a close, with the Save Our Surgery group claiming the consultation has been flawed and lacking transparency. In a letter sent to Hywel Dda's Chief Executive Philip…...