HEIW Highlights - 9 January 2026

This fortnight at Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), our teams have been busy shaping the future of health and care across Wales. Through education, innovation, and partnership, we’re equipping our workforce to tackle today’s challenges and embrace tomorrow’s opportunities.

Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve been up to this week:

Exciting news for everyone involved in healthcare simulation across Wales! We’re hosting a webinar on Monday 26 January 2026 and we’d love you to join us.  Booking Link

The Strategic Workforce Plan for Primary Care (SWPPC) aims to grow, support and inspire a skilled, motivated and compassionate primary and community care workforce in Wales.

Now at the midpoint of year Two with 35 out of 50 deliverables already underway, focus continues on delivering care where it’s needed most, supporting staff wellbeing and embedding completed work into routine practice.  Read more

Celebrating Wales’ Clinical Photography class of 2025, made history as the first graduates of HEIW’s Level 7 Diploma in Clinical Photography. These pioneers are advancing careers, inspiring innovation and helping shape the future of clinical photography across Wales. Read more

HEIW’s ENDO3 endoscopy training programme is making a real difference for staff and patients across Wales. 🔗 Read their experiences here: Read more

We’re proud to share that Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is investing in leadership and organisational development training for the perioperative workforce across NHS Wales. Find out more 🔗Read more

Are you a dentist with experience in Oral Surgery? Take the next step in your career to achieve All Wales accreditation as a Dentist with Enhanced Skills (DES) in Oral Surgery: Read more

We were delighted to welcome Sharon Clement-Thomas, the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Regulation (NMC) Adviser for Wales, to Ty Dysgu for our Nursing and Midwifery Professional Forum.

We are incredibly proud to congratulate HEIW’s Dr Fiona Sandom on being awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 for her outstanding services to dental therapy and the NHS in Wales.