Healthcare in Wales
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Healthcare in Wales is mainly provided by the Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 public health service, NHS Wales. NHS Wales provides healthcare to all permanent residents that is free at the point of need and paid for from general taxation. Health is a matter that is devolved
Devolution
Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to government at a subnational level, such as a regional, local, or state level. Devolution can be mainly financial, e.g. giving areas a budget which was formerly administered by central government...

, and considerable differences are now developing between the public healthcare systems in the different countries of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. Though the public system dominates healthcare provision, private health care and a wide variety of alternative and complementary treatments are available for those willing to pay.

The largest hospital in the country is the University Hospital of Wales
University Hospital of Wales
University Hospital of Wales , opened in November 1971, is a major 1000-bed hospital situated in the inner city district of Heath in Cardiff, Wales...

 hospital.

NHS trusts and health boards

Wales is divided into 10 NHS trust
NHS Trust
A National Health Service trust provides services on behalf of the National Health Service in England and NHS Wales.The trusts are not trusts in the legal sense but are in effect public sector corporations. Each trust is headed by a board consisting of executive and non-executive directors, and is...

s:
  • Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
  • Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
  • Cwm Taf NHS Trust
    Cwm Taf NHS Trust
    Cwm Taf NHS Trust is an NHS Trust in Wales which was formed on 1 April 2008 following the merger of the North Glamorgan and Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trusts. Cwm Taf NHS Trust provides healthcare services mainly for the population of Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil...

  • Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust
    Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust
    Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust was an NHS Trust in Wales. The headquarters of the Trust were in Glan Clwyd Hospital, in Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire...

  • Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust
    Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust
    Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust was an NHS Trust in Wales.The Trust was launched in April 1999 through the merger of Glan Hafren, Gwent Community Health and Nevill Hall and District NHS Trusts...

  • Hywel Dda Local Health Board
  • North East Wales NHS Trust
    North East Wales NHS Trust
    North East Wales NHS Trust is an NHS Trust in Wales. The headquarters of the Trust is in the Maelor Hospital, in Wrexham. It was founded on 1 April 1999, when the NHS Trusts in Wales were reconfigured...

  • North West Wales NHS Trust
  • Powys Teaching Local Health Board
  • Velindre NHS Trust


Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust is an NHS trust which manages all ambulance services for the National Health Service in Wales. The trust has its headquarters in H.M. Stanley Hospital, St Asaph, Denbighshire....

 manages all ambulance
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...

 services in Wales from its base in Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...

.

See also

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