News and events

At Spire Cardiff Hospital we welcomed a new Vascular Consultant, Mr David Lewis. We have asked Mr Lewis to share with us some of the frequently asked questions he receives around his practice and varicose veins.

Recently we have welcomed Dr Naushad Junglee, Consultant Nephrologist, to Spire Cardiff Hospital. Dr Junglee performs clinical duties at several different locations in South-East Wales and consults in all areas of kidney disease, including dialysis and transplantation. We’ve asked Dr Junglee to answer some frequently asked questions around kidney disease.

The number of women attending potentially life-saving smear tests has hit a 20-year-low in the UK, according to NHS figures. The figures reveal that cervical cancer screening coverage fell from 72.7% to 72% in the last year with 1.4million women missing their tests.

Christmas may well be the season to be jolly - but it is the time when stress, over indulgence and a lack of exercise can see many of us suffering rather uncomfortable bouts of indigestion.

The winter weather always tends to make our joints ‘feel older’ than they really are -but despite its name ‘Frozen Shoulder’ has nothing to do with the frost and snow!

At Spire Cardiff Hospital we are delighted and extremely proud to announce that Mr Sanjeev Agarwal, orthopaedic consultant, is a finalist in the 2017 Laing Bussion Awards.

At Spire Cardiff Hospital we want you to get to know our specialist consultants, so every few weeks we will be asking them some questions about their speciality and their hobbies and interests.

There are three main risk factors when it comes to developing breast cancer - unfortunately there is very little you can actually do about any of them!

Jo Hunter is a Senior Staff Nurse at Spire Cardiff Hospital. Jo has been caring for our patients at Spire Cardiff Hospital for 6 years and has a wide range of nursing experience.

There’s often an accepted belief that all podiatry professionals are against heels and would prefer us all to walk around in ‘sensible’ shoes, but is that really the case?