Local health board

A local health board (LHB) is an administrative unit within NHS Wales.

This article is about the NHS Wales administrative unit. For the 19th-century English and Welsh local government establishments, see Local board of health.

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
Main article: List of NHS Wales trusts and health boards

The seven local health boards in Wales are:

References
  1. "Your Local Health Service" (PDF). NHS Wales. March 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. "The Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003". National Assembly for Wales. January 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. "Schedule to The Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003". National Assembly for Wales. January 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. "NHS in Wales: why are we changing the structure?" (PDF). Welsh Assembly Government. October 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  5. "Health in Wales: Structure". Welsh Government. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  6. "Health Education and Improvement Wales". Health Education and Improvement Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. "Press Release: Hello To Swansea Bay University Health Board". Swansea Bay University Health Board. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. "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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