People across Gwent will now be able to receive up-to-date information from the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board via WhatsApp.
The information in the messages will include the latest Covid-19 updates and most recent vaccination programme information.
In a statement posted on Facebook, the health board said: “We are expanding the way we communicate to our residents by developing a WhatsApp messaging service.
"By subscribing to this service, you will receive frequent updates from the health board on a variety of topics.”
If you would like to receive these messages, you must contact the health board by email.
The email to contact is abb.engagement@wales.nhs.uk, and the subject of the email must be ‘WhatsApp Subscription’.
In the email you must include the following details:
- Your full name
- Home postcode/borough that you live in
- The mobile number you would like the messages to be sent to
- If you would like to receive messages in Welsh or English
If you do sign up to the subscription, you will receive messges from the following mobile number: 07973695798.
This number can be saved to your phone contacts.
The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area includes Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen, and the southern part of Powys.
