Content based on the tag Singleton Hospital

New look for Swansea hospital unveiled as scaffolding comes down on £13m revamp

It's been a complex project

5 months ago

walesonline.co.uk

Teen who became a mum at 16 'inspired' by her midwife trains to become one 20 years later

Newly qualified midwife Helen Davies now works in the same ward as her own midwife, Carole Christie

9 months ago

walesonline.co.uk

The best photos from the Jiffy Bike Ride 2023 raising funds for two Welsh cancer centres

'Cancer is something that we are all linked to in some way - we have riders who have had cancer, or are still being t...

11 months ago

walesonline.co.uk

Cancer survivor raises thousands for equipment after tumour left her looking like she was 'having...

Gail Cope has had cancer twice - and wanted to do something to support other patients facing gruelling chemotherapy t...

over 1 year ago

walesonline.co.uk

Robert Harries

Bed blocking concerns as hundreds of patients well enough to leave Welsh hospitals but can't

The equivalent of a full Singleton Hospital in Swansea is being taken up by people who are medically well enough to g...

over 1 year ago

walesonline.co.uk

The story of the 'miracle boy' who defied doctors' expectations twice

Niko Szabo was starved of oxygen at birth and then suffered a huge brain haemorrhage just days after his first birthday

almost 2 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

Robert Harries

Dad and his friends walk 90 miles from Swansea to Bristol without stopping

Now that's a walk and a half!

almost 2 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

Robert Harries

'I was racially abused two days running while doing my job as a nurse and I was determined to do ...

Omobola Akinade, a nurse at Singleton Hospital in Swansea, was racially abused by a patient she was looking after

almost 2 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

More operating theatres set to be built in Swansea so patients don't have to wait as long for tre...

Three new operating theatres at the hospital would mean more than 2,000 extra operations could take place per year

about 2 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

'I found out I had cancer when I was six months pregnant'

Aimee Hill, 33, had to make the almost impossible decision about whether to start her cancer treatment straight away ...

over 2 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

Milk bank set up for the first time in Wales to help feed ill or premature babies

Until now hospitals in Wales had received donor milk directly from milk banks in England

over 2 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

Swansea Bay hospitals ask families to look after relatives who don't need to be there anymore

Bosses say 'pressures on the NHS are higher than they’ve ever been, and we need your help'

almost 3 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

John Cooper

'I was 38-weeks pregnant when I suddenly knew she had gone'

Jordanna Hounslow said she had struggled with mental health problems since losing her daughter, Isabella, and believe...

almost 3 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

More than £25m invested in diagnostic equipment for NHS Wales

Cancer services will receive a significant boost, with new investment in CT scanners, gamma cameras, and MRI and fluo...

over 3 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

Ffion Lewis

'I woke up from a Covid-induced coma to find that my husband had died'

Nurse David Courtney-Williams woke in intensive care after contracting coronavirus to the devastating news that his p...

almost 4 years ago

walesonline.co.uk

Ffion Lewis

Tributes paid to nurse who died with coronavirus

'Liz will be sorely missed by us all and leaves a massive hole in the Singleton Hospital family'