Local health board
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A local health board (LHB) is an administrative unit within NHS Wales.
LHBs were first established in Wales in 2003.[1] [2] They were 22 in number, being coterminous with the 22 Welsh local authorities.[3] The LHBs planned what health services their populations needed and then paid hospital NHS trusts, family doctors, dentists and others to provide these services.
The NHS in Wales underwent a major reorganisation in 2009, merging the 22 Local Health Boards with the seven NHS trusts providing hospital services into seven larger local health boards.[4]
Alongside the seven local health boards there are three all-Wales NHS trusts within NHS Wales (Public Health Wales, Velindre University NHS Trust and the Welsh Ambulance Service)[5] and one Special Health Authority (Health Education and Improvement Wales).[6]
List of local health boards
The seven local health boards in Wales are:
- Swansea Bay University Health Board,[7] formerly Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
- Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board,[8] formerly Cwm Taf University Health Board
- Hywel Dda University Health Board, the operational name for Hywel Dda Local Health Board
- Powys Teaching Health Board
References
- ^ "Your Local Health Service" (PDF). NHS Wales. March 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "The Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003". National Assembly for Wales. January 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Schedule to The Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003". National Assembly for Wales. January 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "NHS in Wales: why are we changing the structure?" (PDF). Welsh Assembly Government. October 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Health in Wales: Structure". Welsh Government. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Health Education and Improvement Wales". Health Education and Improvement Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Press Release: Hello To Swansea Bay University Health Board". Swansea Bay University Health Board. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "We Are Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board". Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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