News and events

Over 1,500 ophthalmology NHS patients have received sight-saving treatment as part of a landmark partnership between Spire Cardiff Hospital and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board during the COVID-19 outbreak.

A landmark agreement between Cardiff and Vale UHB and Spire Healthcare is enabling patients with cancer and other urgent conditions to receive treatment at Spire’s Cardiff hospital, allowing the Health Board’s main sites such as the University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough to focus on caring for people with COVID-19.

Spire Cardiff Hospital is excited to announce that they recently performed a new non-surgical procedure in their theatre department to help prevent the effects of osteoarthritis.

Spire Cardiff Hospital is excited to announce the appointment of new Hospital Director Fiona Conway. Fiona has over 12 years’ experience of working in the independent sector after previously working in Spire’s private Oncology Centre in Bristol, where she oversaw the successful transformation of the business and subsequent partnership with Genesis Care.

At the age of 32, Hilary always knew that she would need a hip replacement, after being diagnosed with hip dysplasia. However, it wasn’t until Hilary was in her early sixties that she had the surgery, after trying to initially combat the problem through regular exercise.

Please join us in welcoming our new Soft Tissue Therapist Lucy Kember to Perform Cardiff! Lucy is extremely excited to join the team at Spire and aims to provide specialist soft tissue treatment to a wide range of patients with varying needs. Using her extensive sport-based knowledge and working alongside the Spire Perform team, she will offer individual and tailored services to help facilitate the successful rehabilitation and prevention of injury.

As our population ages, medical experts are predicting one of the major health issues of the future could be atrial fibrillation.

It’s the 21st century and we have made giant leaps in managing heart conditions, but is it possible to live long with heart disease? Well it’s definitely possible to live longer than we used to, but the key is early detection.

So what does being a porter at Spire Cardiff Hospital really involve? Here we speak to Brian Jenkins, Senior Porter, who explains what it’s like after four years on the job.

Two surgeons recently visited Spire Cardiff Hospital to learn more about anterior hip surgery from an educational point of view with Mr Marcellino Maheson, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon.