20th January 2025
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board fits first leadless pacemaker in Wales
Cardiologists at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) have fitted a leadless pacemaker for the first time in Wales. The groundbreaking procedure, performed on a 63-year-old patient, took just...
Read more16th January 2025
Wales to take part in largest ever UK-wide pandemic response exercise
Wales will take part in the largest ever UK-wide pandemic response exercise this autumn. The commitment is part of the Welsh Government’s comprehensive response to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s first...
Read more12th January 2025
Health and Care Research Wales announces major £49m investment in research infrastructure
Women’s health, mental health and tackling cancer are among key areas for research into health and social care over the next five years, in a major £49m funding announcement by...
Read more12th January 2025
DECIPHer Turns 15: Celebrating a legacy of public health impact
The centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), which is funded by Health and Care Research Wales, celebrated its 15th birthday this week. Current...
Read more10th January 2025
Suzanne Rankin appointed as the first CEO Research Champion
Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive Officer of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has been appointed as Wales’ first CEO Research Champion, aiming to facilitate and enable clinical research activities across...
Read more10th January 2025
Sir Frank calls time as Chief Medical Officer for Wales after eight years
Wales’ leading doctor Sir Dr Frank Atherton has announced he will stand down after 8 and half years as the Welsh Government’s Chief Medical Officer. Sir Frank has provided independent...
Read more8th January 2025
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care welcomes £100 million public-private investment to unlock cutting-edge treatments
Jeremy Miles, Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, has welcomed news that patients in Wales will have greater access to cutting edge treatments thanks to a £100...
Read more8th January 2025
“What I go through is not normal”: the study giving a voice to people with Severe Period Pain
A new study aims to explore the impact of severe period pain (SPP). SPP makes it difficult to focus, move and sleep and can mean missing school or work and...
Read more6th January 2025
Welsh Startup Transforms Education at South Korean University
A South Korean university has adopted innovative virtual reality technology built by a Welsh startup. clear_pixel VR, based in Cardiff, develops VR training platforms that teach students and professionals in...
Read more1st January 2025
Welsh Nursing Care Record reaches major milestone
The Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) is now fully available in all adult inpatient wards at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. This marks a major step forward in using digital...
Read more1st January 2025
New app to improve maternity care in Wales
Pregnant women will benefit from better maternity care as a new app and electronic health record system is rolled out across Wales. Mothers-to-be will be able to access their full...
Read more21st December 2024
CASCADE partnership research gains national recognition
Researchers at the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) Partnership, a research centre funded by Health and Care Research Wales, have gained national recognition for their work through the...
Read more20th December 2024
Written Statement: Improving Eye Care Services
Jeremy Miles MS, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Sight loss can – and is – having a profound effect on the wellbeing of people in Wales. The Time to...
Read more19th December 2024
Valley Diagnostics develops a groundbreaking rapid diagnostic test for prostate cancer
A Welsh diagnostics company is developing a groundbreaking test that could detect prostate cancer in men more quickly and with greater accuracy than current methods. Valley Diagnostics, based in Cardiff,...
Read more17th December 2024
Development Bank invests in DNA-tech start-up Amped PCR
A mid-Wales-based start-up which plans to make DNA testing technology as easy to use as a smartphone has been backed with a £350,000 equity investment from the Development Bank of...
Read more11th December 2024
Imspex Diagnostics Awarded SMART FIS Grant
Imspex Diagnostics has recently successfully applied for a SMART Flexible Innovation Support (SMART FIS) grant, awarded by the Welsh Government in support of the company’s innovative research and development initiatives....
Read more10th December 2024
Local nurses shine at national awards
It was another night of success for Hywel Dda University Health Board’s nursing team with two winners and one runner up at this year’s Royal College of Nurses (RCN) Wales...
Read more10th December 2024
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board showcases “phenomenal” breadth of research at annual conference
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board welcomed its biggest-ever turnout to its annual Research and Development conference at the Vale Resort in Hensol. Delegates from across the NHS, industry, academia...
Read more10th December 2024
Research champions empower voices for research at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
The Research and Development team at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) recently held a special launch event to mark the induction of the first cohort of research champions, with...
Read more10th December 2024
Singleton Hospital trial leads to “spectacular” leap in melanoma survival rates
The Cancer Institute at Singleton Hospital in Swansea, supported by Health and Care Research Wales, has played an important role in a global trial which has transformed treatment and survival...
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