Iron Infusion for South Wales Patients — IronOx Clinic Cardiff

Why South Wales has no dedicated iron clinic — until now

South Wales has a population of over 1.5 million people spread across multiple health boards — Cardiff and Vale, Aneurin Bevan, Cwm Taf Morgannwg, and Swansea Bay. Yet until IronOx Clinic, there was no dedicated iron infusion clinic anywhere in the region.

Across the NHS, haematology waiting times in Wales regularly stretch to 12–18 months. Referral-to-treatment figures published by Welsh health boards show some patients waiting over six months for a first outpatient haematology appointment. During that time, iron deficiency symptoms — fatigue, brain fog, hair thinning, breathlessness — carry on affecting your daily life.

That gap is felt right across the region — from the Rhondda, Cynon and Taf valleys through Merthyr, Caerphilly and Bridgend, where patients are split between the Cardiff and Vale, Aneurin Bevan, Cwm Taf Morgannwg and Swansea Bay health boards, each with its own queue. IronOx Clinic gives South Wales a single, consistent point of access: a specialist iron infusion service in Cardiff that does nothing but iron infusion therapy, with one standard of care regardless of which valley or health board you live in. Your appointment is led by Dr Ros or a medically trained professional — never a side service squeezed into a busy GP list. We also see patients travelling for iron infusion across Wales.