Swansea Bay Health Charity
Get to Know Swansea Bay Health Charity
We’re the official charity of Swansea Bay University Health Board and manage a range of different charitable funds supporting a wide variety of departments and services.
as well as from legacies and grants, with that money being ploughed into making possible the projects, events and activities which make such a difference to the lives of our patients and our communities.
What we do
We work with individuals like you – patients, family, friends, the general public and staff – to raise money for good causes – those things not covered by core NHS funding – so that together, we can make a real difference to people’s lives
Funds are raised in a number of different ways:
Our health board in focus
Swansea Bay is one of seven health boards in Wales and provides NHS care and services for around 400,000 people living in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, from Margam in the east to Gower in the west and on to the upper Afan, Dulais, Neath and Swansea valleys.
We employ around 14,000 staff, we’re also supported by more than 250 wonderful volunteers and have a budget of around £1.4bn, which pays for services ranging from contracted primary care, including our 45 GP surgeries, our pharmacies, opticians and dentists. We also provide community-based services such as district nursing and health visiting and secondary care at our main Morriston, Singleton and Neath Port Talbot hospitals, as well as Gorseinon Community Hospital.
Mental health and learning disability services are also provided across and beyond our area.
In addition, we provide specialist regional services such as for cancer – we’re home to the South West Wales Cancer Centre – cardiac and renal care and burns and plastic surgery for our own communities in Swansea Bay and to other parts of south and west Wales and the south west of England.
Many of our staff are involved in ground-breaking research and innovation which is helping our health board and other organisations both nationally and internationally deliver the healthcare of tomorrow, today.
