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Let’s Talk Health events for Hywel Dda Health area

Hywel Dda University Health Board, in partnership with Hywel Dda Community Health Council, has launched Let’s Talk Health events and is inviting those with an interest in their local health service to join the conversation. Let’s Talk Health aims to provide regular opportunities for Hywel Dda UHB to communicate clearly about how health services currently work and listen to the experiences of those who use the services. A total of twenty eight events will be held throughout 2015 with four events a year held in each of the seven localities area that make up the Hywel Dda area. Chair of Hywel Dda UHB, Bernardine Rees said: “This is YOUR health service and we need to work together to make it work for the future. “Often public perception and concerns differ from our perception and so we want to de-mystify our explanations, listen to what our public have to say and come to a shared understanding and ownership of how we go forward.” The first round of Let’s Talk Health events will be held fro...

Prince Philip Hospital’s 'Front of House' moving forward

Hywel Dda University Health Board’s planning for improvements at Prince Philip Hospital is moving forward. A team of doctors, GPs and nurses have been looking at ways to improve emergency care delivered at the Llanelli hospital and enhance the services most needed by local residents during the last year. Work has focused on six different priority areas: alcohol and substance misuse; frailty; mental health; acute medicine (e.g. strokes, diabetes, infections and asthma attacks); minor injuries; and minor illnesses. Proposed service improvements include a new alcohol liaison nurse to address alcohol and substance misuse issues and a specialist psychiatric team. Improvements are also planned for the rapid access available for elderly or frail patients to an enhanced and expanded frailty service. This will help to identify underlying issues relating to their admission. The team has worked closely with other local organisations such as the police and social care and has kept in close communi...