Last year was a difficult one for so many people in so many different ways. So, we ve gone back through our files to bring you 10 stories which made us smile in 2020. 1. Newport County Community member raises £900 for the NHS A FOOTBALL-MAD Newport man with autism raised almost £1,000 for the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board by doing training “drills” in his back garden. Luke Degilbert, aged 25, who is a fixture of Newport County’s County in the Community Team and the Dragon’s Disability Team, started the fundraising to “give something back to the NHS”. He said: “I have been in and out of hospital all my life, the NHS has been massive for me.
Welsh hospitals came close to running out of critical care beds over Christmas
The lack of vacant beds for the most seriously unwell patients has been compounded by a significant rise in staff absences
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Health board boss describes unrelenting pressures facing hospitals as staff give up holidays and wards are full I ve spoken to the relatives of people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s who have died, many of whom had no pre-existing medical conditions
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The service is part of a Wales-wide plan to improve urgent primary care, and is in line with the health board s Clinical Futures programme, which has as key aims bringing care closer to home, and enabling patients to pursue a right place, first time approach to seeking treatment. For many years, far too many people have attended hospital emergency departments inappropriately, seeking treatment that would better be provided elsewhere. The population clearly understands which service to access for life threatening illnesses or injuries, states a health board report. However, it is also clear that this can be used as a default choice for many people unsure where to turn when they need urgent care or advice.
HUNDREDS of people tuned in to watch the South Wales Argus Health & Care Awards, held in association with t2 group, and applaud the heroic men and women who have been on the Covid-19 frontline during 2020. The ceremony, broadcast online on the Argus Facebook page to keep everybody safe, featured a glittering array of household names from the worlds of sport, television, music and medicine. Wales and British Lions rugby legend Sam Warburton, Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page, Justin Hawkins of rock band The Darkness, GP and TV star Dr Hilary Jones, and doctor, broadcaster and comedian Dr Phil Hammond, all took time out from their busy schedules to deliver special words of praise for the finalists and winners.