Talybont Surgery

27/01/2026

⚠️ Service Update ⚠️

Due to a power cut earlier today, we currently have no internet access, which means some of our services are limited at this time.
This may affect appointment bookings, phone systems, and access to patient records.

We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience while we wait for services to be fully restored. We will post an update as soon as everything is back to normal.

Thank you for your understanding.

26/01/2026

Children & Young People’s Mental Health Week 9th – 15th February 2026.

The Swansea Bay UHB Mental Health and Learning Disabilities team are hosting two pop-up events across our sites.

All are welcome to come along to see what is happening within the service group.

Tuesday 10th February 2026
📍Neath Port Talbot Hospital
Atrium — Baglan Way, Port Talbot, SA12 7BX

Thursday 12th February 2026
📍Morriston Hospital
Main Entrance — Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea, SA6 6NL

🕙Both events begin at 10am and finish at 12pm.

What to expect at the events:
✅Meet members of staff from the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities service group.
✅Provide feedback for your or a loved one’s care.
✅Find out what is happening within the Service Group within Swansea Bay and beyond.

📧For any further information on the above events, please contact: SBU.MHLDSUCarerFeedbackAndInvolvement@wales.nhs.uk.

26/01/2026

📢 Notice to Patients - Planned Power Outage 📢
Please be aware that the practice will be without power tomorrow morning from 8.00am to 8.15am due to a planned outage. During this time, our systems and phones may be temporarily unavailable, and there will be no heating in the building.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. Normal service will resume as soon as power is restored.

12/01/2026

Talybont activity data for November 2025

09/01/2026

Medihub pharmacy still have appointments available today.

We still have 5 slots remaining for our one day phlebotomy service at our Pontarddulais branch tomorrow. Please call on 01792 882243 to book in. We may have appointments on the day depending on whether we have non attendees.

Thank you for your support.

08/01/2026

New lifestyle programmes are starting next week🤩

If you are interested in either a cooking and nutrition or a health and wellbeing programme free of charge then email lifestylellwchwr@scvs.org.uk, call Arron on 07951 328910 or call Emma on 07943 189233 for more information.

06/01/2026

Have you ever wondered how we work with other local practices?🧐

Talybont Surgery works closely with Princess Street Surgery, Ty'r Felin Surgery and Estuary Group Practice as part of the Llwchwr Cluster. For more information on what this is and what services we provide as well as other local support, visit the website below.

The Llwchwr Cluster is a group of six GP surgeries: Estuary Group Practice (including Gowerton Medical Centre, Penclawdd Health Centre and Penybryn Surgery), Princess Street Surgery, Talybont Surgery and Ty’r Felin Surgery.

01/01/2026

31/12/2025

Did you know if you are suffering with a sore throat you can be assessed and even treated, if needed, at your local pharmacy?

The sore throat test and treat service is now available in ALL 90 community pharmacies across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.

Anyone over five years of age can use the service.

You must register for the Common Ailments Service at your pharmacy to be able to access it, which only takes a few minutes.

The pharmacist will carry out an assessment in a private consultation room and decide whether it is appropriate to swab your throat. If so, the result will determine if the sore throat is due to a bacterial infection.

If the test is carried out, you will only need to wait a few moments to receive the result.

Following the result, the pharmacist may provide treatment if it is necessary or they may offer self-care advice instead.

Community pharmacies may ask you to call back or advise you to book an appointment, so please check availability at your local pharmacy.

You can find more information here: https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/news/swansea-bay-health-news/popular-sore-throat-service-now-available-in-all-community-pharmacies/

31/12/2025

💊Pharmacies open on New Year's Day💊
Please check the image below for details of pharmacies available on New Years Day.

31/12/2025

🎆Happy New Year to all our patients!🎆
Please note that our practice will be closed tomorrow for New Years Day and we will reopen on Friday 2nd as usual.
If you need medical help while we are closed:
📞Call 111 for urgent advice or care
🚑 Call 999 in an emergency
🧠 For urgent mental health support, call 111 and select option 2

29/12/2025

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year!🎄🎉

If you haven't had your flu vaccine yet and you are either over 65 or fall into one of the below categories, it's not too late to book. We have appointments throughout January so just speak to a member of the team or book online via the NHS Wales App.

- Chronic respiratory disease such as asthma requiring regular inhaled steroids, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Chronic heart disease and vascular disease
- Chronic kidney disease at stage 3, 4 or 5
- Chronic liver disease
- Chronic neurological disease such as Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease
- Learning disability
- Severe mental illness
- Diabetes and adrenal insufficiency: type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes requiring insulin or oral hypoglycaemic drugs, diet-controlled diabetes. Addison’s disease, secondary or tertiary adrenal insufficiency requiring steroid replacement
epilepsy
- Immunosuppression due to disease such as HIV/AIDS or treatment such as cancer treatment (and household contacts of at risk individuals)
- Asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen
- Morbidly obese (class III obesity); this is defined as those with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or above, aged 16 or over