More than 900 staff off work as Welsh health board struggles to cope with darkest hour
Support staff at a number of hospitals in west Wales are said to be under significant pressure as they deal with more Covid-19 patients than during the first wave of cases in the spring
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More than 900 healthcare workers are currently off work in west Wales as the local health board admits it is dealing with unprecedented pressures.
HYWEL Dda University health board is appealing for public support as its hospitals are operating under extreme pressure across Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire. Health officials say that while high levels of activity are usual in the winter, this year presents the extra challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, including a shortage of clinical staff. The health board has responded to outbreaks of the virus in all of its acute general hospitals, resulting in closures of some wards in all acute hospitals in the Hywel Dda area during the past month. Meanwhile, the health board has announced the transfer of all patients being treated at Llandovery Community Hospital, to Amman Valley Hospital, in Glanamman, near Ammanford, due to a number of staff, including nurses, at the two hospitals self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.
A PEMBROKESHIRE out of hours mental health scheme has been praised in the Senedd and held up as a possible way forward for the rest of Wales. The Pembrokeshire Twilight Sanctuary out-of-hours mental health service for adults is being piloted for three months until the end of February. The new service is a partnership between Mind Pembrokeshire, Hywel Dda University Health Board, Dyfed Powys Police and Pembrokeshire County Council. The service will support adults experiencing mental distress and those at risk of deteriorating mental health at a time when other support-based services are closed. This preventative service will provide early access to help, which will lessen dependence on core mental health services.
Coronavirus infection rates, cases and deaths for all parts of Wales on Tuesday, December 15
A Public Health Wales doctor said he is very concerned at the alarming rise in rates of coronavirus in nearly every part of Wales
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Nine more people have died with coronavirus in Wales and more than 600 new positive cases have been identified, latest figures show.
Pupils in Year 9 of Haverfordwest High VC School have been asked to self-isolate after a classmate tested positive for coronavirus PUPILS in Year 9 of Haverfordwest High VC School have been asked to stay at home and self isolate after a case of coronavirus has been confirmed at the school. Contacts of the pupil concerned have been asked to self-isolate for 14 days, said a spokesperson from the school. Parents and carers do not need to contact the school to find out if their child has been affected. Pembrokeshire County Council, Public Health Wales and Hywel Dda University Health Board are working with the school to ensure that all possible precautionary measures are being taken to minimise risk of transmission of the virus.