Sarah Bull’s honour was announced in the New Year’s Honours List 2024 and a special ceremony took place at the Coed Y Mwster Hotel, near Bridgend. Part of the Clinical Psychology team at Velindre Cancer Centre, Sarah has been recognised for services to palliative care during an outstanding career that has spanned several decades.
Teams and individuals from across Velindre University NHS Trust have been nominated for several awards to celebrate brilliant people and brave ideas across Wales.
The Learned Society of Wales has awarded Fellowships to Professor Mark Taubert and Dr Seema Arif, Clinical Director for Palliative Medicine and Consultant Clinical Oncologist respectively at Velindre Cancer Centre.
A new scheme has been launched by Velindre Cancer Centre to recycle hundreds of walking aids a year. There are over 1.5 million people in the population supported by Velindre Cancer Centre and it welcomed 9,000 new patient referrals through its doors in 2023. Many of these patients need walking aids.
A number of the Trust’s Young Ambassadors volunteered to help distribute the 400 Easter eggs which were kindly donated once again by Motonovo Finance, having doubled their donation from last year.
Velindre University NHS Trust will hold its virtual Trust Board meeting in public on 26 March 2024. The public will be able to observe the meeting from the widely available video conferencing platform Zoom.
This Mother’s Day, mother-of-two Bethan Dyke is advocating for more donors to come forward after receiving lifesaving blood transfusions due to complications following the birth of her twins.