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#Measles
is highly infectious and the only way to prevent outbreaks is through vaccination. It is never too late to catch up on missed doses.
Contact your GP to arrange your MMR vaccination, or if you are not sure if you or your your child or you have had two doses of MMR.
1/3 Hywel Dda University Health Board is aware of a disgraceful story circulating online claiming the death of one of our nurses after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.
It is utterly irresponsible and deplorable for such false information to be spread about our staff.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Mr Jeremy Williams, who died at Glangwili General Hospital following a long battle with illness
1st
#COVID19
patient at Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli, leaving to return home. The emotion from everyone is clear to see. Thank you to every staff member for their contribution and all the best for your recovery Keith
Honouring our veterans with vaccine-vial wreaths. The tops of vaccine vials have been recycled and repurposed
@TheVCGallery
to create a poppy. This Remembrance Sunday, we will lay wreaths in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. We will remember them
Our community nursing team in Carmarthenshire have received a lovely message from the great Ruth Jones and wanted to share it with you all. Here's to all our community staff ❤️
We are delighted to be the first health board in the UK to administer the
#Moderna
vaccine, following a pop-up clinic for unpaid carers at Glangwili Hospital this morning.
Elle Taylor, 24, from Ammanford, became the first person to receive the vaccine in the UK.
@SteveIMoore
, Chief Executive of
@HywelDdaHB
is chairing the afternoon. “I love my job, it is a real privilege to be able to do it. And there is another thing I want to tell you today. I’m gay. This is the first time I have said this publicly."
#DymaFiThisIsMe
Three members of the vaccination team at Hywel Dda UHB visited Skomer Island on Wednesday to vaccinate island employees.
They also got to spend some time with the Island's Puffins!
@skomer_island
@WTSWW
Read full press release here:
The first
#carehome
residents in west Wales have received the COVID-19 vaccine today as part of a phased and careful roll-out to care homes. 37 residents of Awel Twyi in
#Llandeilo
received their first dose of the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine, including 108 year old Mary Kier 🥰🌈
Three of our nurses were on the
@BBCBreakfast
red sofa this morning! To watch Caitlin, Gina, and Mikey share their experiences of working at Hywel Dda and filming Rookie Nurses, watch from on iPlayer (scroll to 8:30am) Thank you so much
#TeamHywelDda
History is being made in Hywel Dda UHB today as patient-facing staff from across the Health Board are among the first in the world to receive a COVID-19 vaccination
It is with great sadness that Hywel Dda University Health Board confirms the recent death of Mrs Carol Cotterell, Assistant Director of Nursing based at Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli, on 13th December 2020.
Congratulations to our colleague Vicki Broad, Head of Long Term Care, for being recognised in the Queen’s
#NewYearsHonours
for services to the NHS in Wales during the Covid-19 pandemic. Vicki has been awarded the Order of the British Empire and we are extremely proud 👏👑🌈
Beginning this month at Prince Philip Hospital, a state-of-the-art, surgeon guided robot will be used as part of a clinical trial in hip and knee replacement. A first for the NHS in
#Wales
....
We were delighted to offer a warm Welsh welcome to His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, when he visited Llandovery Hospital this morning to thank staff for their continued efforts during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
@ClarenceHouse
@mawwfire
@WelshAmbulance
Congratulations to Euryl Howells, Senior Chaplain for Hywel Dda University Health Board on being awarded a King’s New Year’s Honour for services to the Chaplaincy in NHS Wales🙌
#britishempiremedal
#NewYearHonours
#NHSChaplaincy
A massive thank you to
@puffinproduce
and local florist Rachel
@violetandwylde
for this blooming tribute in recognition and remembrance of NHS staff this Easter. Thank you💛
Thank you so much to the estates team at Glangwili Hospital for planning this wonderful surprise for the children.
This lovely addition to the back of the garden of Cilgerran ward has put a smile on all the children and staff’s faces.
Everybody loves our new friends!
In Hywel Dda 1 in 5 people have now been vaccinated against Covid-19. This is a huge achievement to have been met in such a short time frame. We would like to give a big thank you to our vaccinating teams and GP practices who are working around the clock to deliver this programme
Hywel Dda UHB staff receive Royal thank you 👑One of our own workforce received an extra special phone call this week from His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge🙌
1 of 2 - We were delighted to welcome the Princess Royal to west Wales today. Princess Anne attended a showcase event for Occupational Therapists as we celebrate the value OT brings to health and care and local people
#westwalesOTshowcase
#valueofOT
Today we announced that Professor Philip Kloer has been appointed interim Chief Executive from February 2024. Congratulations to Phil and many thanks to Steve Moore, our current Chief Executive, who is appointed to a new post in Devon. Read more:
Our Chief Executive Steve Moore has thanked our staff, patients and communities following the announcement that the health board is no longer in Targeted Intervention
We’ve vaccinated more than 100,000 people most at risk from COVID-19 - that’s 26% of our population! Thank you so much to our community, staff, partners and volunteers who have made this happen 🙌 More work to do but today we are so thankful and proud
🏆 The next award goes to
@HywelDdaHB
for their work around changing culture and multidisciplinary engagement in maternity and neonatal clinical risk and governance. Huge congratulations!
🔍Read the full project summary:
#NHSWalesAwards2023
We can confirm that our 150,000th vaccine has been delivered today! This includes first and second doses given.
Thank you to everyone involved in the vaccine delivery programme for your hard work and dedication.
Thank you to each and every one of our 10,000 staff members who are currently helping to protect our patients and our NHS 🙌🦸🦹🦸🦹
#NHSheroes
#ProtectTheNHS
NEWS: Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) is asking anyone aged over 30 living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire to contact the health board if they have not yet received a first COVID-19 vaccine appointment
We're so proud of paediatric oncology outreach nurse specialist Rowena Jones, awarded an MBE for her part in developing an outreach nursing service in our area so children can be at home at the end of their lives.
We’d like to say a special thanks to all the Mother’s across Hywel Dda who are at work today to ensure that things run smoothly in the care of all our residents within the Hywel Dda area. So, from us – a big thank you for everything that you’ve done and continue to do. 💛
Thank you to Myfanwy Williams for her exceptionally long service to the NHS. Myfanwy worked as a midwife for 55 years at Glangwili Hospital.
We wish you a happy and healthy retirement.
Keir Lewis, who is a professor of respiratory medicine, has documented the pandemic at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli. He explains what happens on a typical day and some of the challenges the staff face.
Our Chief Exec
@SteveIMoore
has rolled his sleeves up to help staff moving into Aberaeron Integrated Care Centre ahead of its opening 21 Oct - well done to everyone working hard on the move!
#teamhyweldda
Today we are launching brand new flashcard keyrings designed for community staff to help communicate with Welsh speaking patients. The flashcards include how to pronounce greetings, clinical terms and much more!
#caringinwelsh
#giveitago
Coronavirus testing capacity is being stepped-up in west Wales as work begins this weekend on a new drive-through testing unit for key workers on the showground site in Carmarthen. More here:
A ground breaking out-of-hours
#mentalhealth
service for adults is being piloted in Pembrokeshire. The service is open Friday to Sunday from 6pm to 2am from Mind in Haverfordwest from Friday 27 November 2020.
A Memorial bench has been placed in the Pharmacy’s Quadrant of Prince Philip Hospital in memory of Porter Paul Maulkin, who sadly died this year.
Full press release here:
2/3 VACCINES ARE SAFE, EFFECTIVE AND SAVE LIVES!
All vaccines must undergo three stages of clinical trials and be assessed for safety and effectiveness by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) before approved for patient use.
Please RT - We're aware of posts circulating on social media that our mass vaccination centres are closed. If you have an appointment today please attend as your centre is open.
Our AGM video tries to capture the extraordinary year we have experienced in 2019/20
#nhswales
@WelshConfed
We have been astounded by the support for our NHS in Hywel Dda. For everyone who sacrificed – thank you - diolch
NHS staff from across Hywel Dda and Powys have come together to say thank you to their communities for staying home and protecting the NHS this bank holiday weekend.
Thank you to everyone for taking part, diolch yn fawr iawn
#StaySafeStayHome
#ProtectTheNHS
Congratulations to Nigel Miller Head of Therapies for Learning Disabilites who has been made MBE for services to people with learning disabilities. 👏👏👏
For assurance re
@BBCWalesNews
story, we are NOT charging any staff staying overnight during severe weather. Free meals and accommodation on our sites for these amazing staff. So grateful to all our fantastic staff who go the extra mile. Thank you all!
Following extensive refurbishment, Withybush Hospital’s Ward 10 will re-open to Pembrokeshire patients today. The new look ward will provide an improved environment in which to care for designated patients.
Thank you all
Read the full press release here:
Congrats to our
#TeamHywelDda
colleagues:
⭐Gina Beard, Lead Cancer Nurse, awarded an MBE for her services to Cancer Nursing
⭐Dr Mike Bartlett, Associate Specialist Haematology, awarded a BEM for his services to Medical Education
#NewYearHonours
Our Director of Finance, Huw Thomas, explains how much we spend on our health services every hour of every day – and why protecting our resources is so important
Glangwili Hospital has become the first in Wales to administer a new medication that will help patients suffering from osteoporosis.
Read more here:
Pictured below:
Dr Abhaya Gupta, Samantha Barrett, Carole Bevan
Rachael Reith, Catrin Beddoe, Dawn Tapp
The
#Glangwili
Hospital pharmacy team have done it and won the enriching well-being, capability and engagement of the workforce award! Awesome recognition team pharmacy! 👏
#NHSWalesAwards2022
Huge congratulations to
@HywelDdaHB
– winner of the award for enriching the wellbeing, capability and engagement of the health and care workforce. 🎉
#NHSWalesAwards2022
Faugh a Ballagh!
We’d like to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to members of the Royal Irish Regiment who have been pivotal in supporting our COVID-19 testing programme over the last few months
Thank you to our amazing midwifery teams looking after mums, babies and families at this difficult time. Here are some of the teams caring for and welcoming little ones in Hywel Dda.
#IMD2020
We’re looking forward to an evening of celebrating the success and thank members of our nursing staff in Cardiff tonight 🌟 Good luck to all our
#TeamHywelDda
nominees 🤞🏻
#WalesNOTY23
2 of 2 - Princess Anne is the Patron of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists. We are sure she will be as proud and bowled over by the work our OTs do every day as we are
#westwalesOTshowcase
#valueofOT
#teamhyweldda
1/2 People living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion or Pembrokeshire who are eligible for a COVID-19 booster vaccination can now walk-in to any Hywel Dda UHB mass vaccination centre, no appointment needed.
You are eligible for a booster vaccine if the following apply to you...
Thank you to our amazing vaccination teams who have, as of yesterday, delivered 250,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to our communities including 200,000 first vaccine doses. This means that 63% of our adult population (16 and over) have now received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Congratulations to Catrin Davies, Physiotherapist at Glangwili Hospital on your recent Employee of the Month award. Catrin was nominated by one of her patients in recognition of her excellent work and dedication which has resulted in a great improvement in their quality of life.
What fabulous staff we have
@HywelDdaHB
! So enthusiastic and committed to supporting staff with Covid Enquiries. The early shift in the Call Centre are getting ready to hand over to afternoon shift (but I’m here for the day!)
#COVID19
#teamwork
#unsungheroes
Well done to our community teams Pembrokeshire who are working tirelessly to provide vital community services and additional resources during the Covid-19 pandemic.
#Cardigan
is a strong, caring community. We must continue to use that positive strength to face
#COVID
-19 together. Please share this important video from people in your community. Together we can Keep Cardigan Safe
@CSCeredigion
@DyfedPowys
After 2 weeks in Withybush Hospital, Alan Dennison has shared his experience of recovering from COVID-19. The team in Withybush have made a short video to thank Alan for his kind words and to wish him well in his recovery
3/3 Both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines have been approved for use by the MHRA. For further information about vaccines and vaccination, visit Public Health Wales website -
Great to welcome our nurses and midwives to our
#EmpoweredToCare
conference today. We're looking forward to a lively debate and learning from our colleagues. Follow along
#HDdNM22
Huge congratulations to Dr Gareth Collier MBE from everyone at
@HywelDdaHB
on receiving recognition in HM The Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to Respiratory Medicine in
#lungcancer
research, awareness & treatment.
There’s been a rise in
#Covid
cases in
#Llanelli
so we’re urging residents to get tested if they have symptoms – high temperature, a loss of or change to sense of smell or taste, or a new and continuous cough.
@CarmsCouncil
1/3
Today we welcomed
@wgmin_health
to the MIU and AMAU at Prince Philip Hospital. Good to have honest discussions about the ongoing pressures across our services and how staff are doing everything possible to ensure patient safety.
Cardigan’s brand new Integrated Care Centre will open its doors to the public on Monday, 9 December, bringing joined-up care to local communities for the first time, Hywel Dda University Health Board is pleased to announce
Our chief executive
@SteveIMoore
has this message of assurance and thanks for our communities and staff as we respond to hospital and wider system pressures and the emergency of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, and as we deliver our accelerated vaccine and booster programme
Ahead of Learning Disability Week, we've launched our new learning Disabilities Service web pages, including coronavirus easy read resources and a video to help show you what you what our hospitals look like at the moment
We’re proud to announce that today we’ve become the latest employer to sign up to the TUC’s Dying to Work Charter, aimed at helping employees who become terminally ill at work
#dyingtowork
#values
#dignityatwork
#proud