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Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) (Welsh: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda) is the local health board of NHS Wales for the west of Wales.Established on 1 October 2009 from the merger of the Hywel Dda NHS Trust, the Pembrokeshire Local Health Board, Ceredigion Local Health Board and Carmarthenshire Local Health Board.
It was established in 2009 as the legal successor organisation to Cwm Taf NHS Trust (Welsh: Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Cwm Taf). The Trust was formed on 1 April 2008, following the merger of the North Glamorgan and Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trusts. Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is the operational name of Cwm Taf Morgannwg Local Health Board.
Griffithstown, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom Coordinates 51°41′24″N 3°01′32″W / 51.690137°N 3.025591°W / 51.690137; -3.
Unlike in England, NHS prescriptions are free to everyone registered with a GP in Wales (although those on low incomes, under 18, and under 60 do get prescriptions for free in England). [5] Initially administered by the UK Government, since 1999 NHS Wales has been funded and managed by the Welsh Government. [6]
On the 1 December 2015 there were 493 vacancies (7.8%) for doctors in Welsh health boards. This was lower than comparable figures in England and Northern Ireland (NI). [26] The number of speciality training doctors as well as the fill rate of these positions has increased in Wales from 2018 to 2020.
Directory of NHS Wales services This page was last edited on 20 January 2025, at 19:42 ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
NHS Direct Wales / 111 Wales - a 24-hour telephone and internet health advice service provided by NHS Wales to enable people to obtain advice when use of the national emergency telephone number (999 or 112) does not seem to be appropriate but there is some degree of urgency.
NHS Wales was formed as part of the public health system for England and Wales created by the National Health Service Act 1946, with powers over the NHS in Wales coming under the Secretary of State for Wales in 1969. That year, the latter took over much of the responsibility for health services in Wales, being supported in this by the Welsh ...