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Flu vaccine urged to reduce the risk of serious illness for vulnerable people

Public Health Wales is urging people with long-term health conditions to take up their flu vaccination this winter to help protect them from serious illness. Flu can be serious, particularly […]

Cancer Patients Recover Faster with Cardiff’s Prehab2Rehab Programme

A new report has found that cancer patients who take part in a programme to prepare them for surgery, spend on average three fewer days in hospital.  The programme, Prehab2Rehab, […]

New plan to prevent cardiovascular disease could mean more than 1000 fewer heart attacks and strokes in Wales, as well as millions in savings for the NHS

Identifying and treating up to 70,000 more people in Wales who have high blood pressure will prevent more than 1,000 heart attacks and strokes and save nearly £18m for the […]

Public Health Wales modelling predicts an 11 per cent increase in cancer cases over the next decade

New modelling from Public Health Wales projects that there will be around 24,000 new cancer cases in Wales identified in 2035, a projected increase of 11 per cent from 2025. he increase, […]

Annual General Meeting – Wednesday 17 September 2025.

The Annual General Meeting of the Public Health Wales Board will be held on Wednesday 17 September 2025. The meeting will be held in person at Yr Egin, Carmarthen and online, from 13:00 […]

Registration now open: Welsh Public Health Conference 2025

Registration now open: Welsh Public Health Conference 2025Wednesday 22 October – Glamorgan Cricket, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff This year’s Welsh Public Health Conference will be taking place on Wednesday 22 October in […]

Public Health Wales issues advice following burst water main in Flintshire

Public Health Wales is urging residents affected by the burst water main in Flintshire to take steps to protect their health and wellbeing during the ongoing disruption. People are advised […]

“World-leading” gonorrhoea vaccination programme rolled out in Wales

Wales has become one of the first nations in the world to start vaccinating people against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea.  The vaccine is now available in sexual health clinics […]

Record hepatitis testing in Wales as elimination efforts continue

On World Hepatitis Day, new data from Public Health Wales shows progress towards eliminating hepatitis B and C in Wales.  According to the latest Blood Borne Virus (BBV) Annual Surveillance […]

Farmers advised to prevent visitors having close contact with animals at lamb-feeding events after Cryptosporidium outbreak

Public Health Wales has advised farmers running public lamb-feeding events to avoid offering close contact with animals, such as holding, cuddling and kissing lambs. This comes after looking at the […]