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Bronllys hub site

The campus includes Basil Webb Hall, which has been turned into a training centre with three main rooms.

The campus includes Basil Webb Hall, which has been turned into a training centre with three main rooms, which can be used for face-to-face teaching and conferences, or be used to link digitally to other sites within the county.

There is also an outdoor learning space, in the form of a small amphitheatre, behind the hall, and a bungalow which has been converted into a simulated living space to help train health and social care staff who are working in community settings.

The first Academy hub site has been created at Bronllys Hospital, which is also home to the headquarters of one of the Powys Regional Partnership Board's main partners, Powys Teaching Health Board.

The campus includes Basil Webb Hall, which has been turned into a training centre with three main rooms, which can be used for face-to-face teaching and conferences, or be used to link digitally to other sites within the county.

There is also an outdoor learning space, in the form of a small amphitheatre, behind the hall, and a bungalow which has been converted into a simulated living space to help train health and social care staff who are working in community settings.

Minister opens Powys Health and Care Academy’s first campus

Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS cuts a ribbon to officially open Powys Health and Care Academy’s first campus, at Bronllys Community Hospital.

Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS visiting the former Magpies bungalow at Bronllys Community Hospital, which has been converted into an adaptive living space to help simulate learning in a community setting.

Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS meets post 16 learners from Ysgol Llanfyllin and Crickhowell High School who are learning new practical skills at Powys Health and Care Academy’s new Bronllys Campus as part of their Health and Social Care studies.

Powys Regional Partnership Board Chair Carl Cooper at the official opening of Powys Health and Care Academy’s Bronllys Campus.

Semi-humanoid robot Pepper helps Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS to declare the new campus of Powys Health and Care Academy at Bronllys Hospital officially open.

Sarah Powell, Assistant Director of Workforce and Organisational Development for Powys Teaching Health Board shows Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS around Powys Health and Care Academy’s new Bronllys Campus, at Bronllys Community Hospital.

Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS meets unpaid carers from Powys who have been learning mindfulness techniques to improve their mental health and wellbeing through Powys Health and Care Academy’s Balance Programme.

Powys Teaching Health Board’s outgoing Chair Prof Vivienne Harpwood at the official opening of Powys Health and Care Academy’s Bronllys Campus.

Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS visiting Basil Webb Hall at Bronllys Community Hospital, which has been converted into a modern training centre.

Powys Regional Partnership Board member and Chief Executive of Powys Teaching Health Board, Carol Shillabeer with Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS at the official opening of Powys Health and Care Academy’s Bronllys Campus.

Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS visiting the new outdoor learning space.

Powys Health and Care Academy’s first campus, at Bronllys Community Hospital, has been officially opened today (Thursday 13 October) by Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan.

The new £1.6 million facility will help improve access to health and social care training in the county and encourage more people to take up a career in the sector.

Health and Social Services Minister Eluned Morgan MS said: “I was pleased to see some of the innovative work that is taking place in Powys to improve the skills of the county’s health and social care workforce, thanks to our support through the integrated care fund.

“I am looking forward to seeing how the learners I met today progress in careers which will see them looking after people with great dedication, in their times of need, for many years to come.”

For further information on the academy and its work please contact us. Email: powys.healthandcareacademy@wales.nhs.uk