The logo of NHS Wales

NHS Wales is the name for the National Health Service's activities in Wales. Image File history File links NHS_logo_in_Wales. ... Image File history File links NHS_logo_in_Wales. ... The logo of the NHS for England. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ...

NHS Wales is operated and managed by the Health and Social Care Department of the Welsh Assembly Government. Strategic Health Authorities in Wales are known as Local Health Boards (LHBs). A Welsh NHS Trust will typically administer all hospitals in a region, as well as all community care and mental health functions. Most people in Wales will have access to a District General Hospital which provides a range of services on an outpatient, inpatient and day case basis. Some of these hospitals also provide specialist services such as burns and plastics and cardiac surgery. Wales has one main teaching hospital, the University Hospital of Wales, based in Cardiff. The NHS also provides community services which includes district nurses, health visitors, midwives and community based speech therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, LlCC) is the executive body of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of the First Minister and his Cabinet. ... A Strategic Health Authorities (SHA) is part of the structure of the National Health Service. ... National Health Service Trusts (NHS Trusts) provide many services of the United Kingdom National Health Service in England and Wales. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... University Hospital of Wales or more commonly called locally as Heath is situated in Cardiff, Wales. ... Speech therapy is the corrective or rehabilitative treatment of physical and/or cognitive deficits/disorders resulting in difficulty with verbal communication. ... Physical therapy can help restore lost functionality in many people. ... Occupational therapy (OT) is skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. ...

There are 12 regional Trusts that cover groups of local authority areas, as well as one further Trust for the Welsh Ambulance Service and another, Velindre [1], for the operation of nationwide agencies and services.

Another important organisation in the structure is Health Commission Wales. This is an executive agency of the Welsh Assembly Government whose primary role is to centrally organise and fund all Tertiary care and other highly specialist services. It also provides advise and guidance about specialist services to other parts of NHS Wales. The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, LlCC) is the executive body of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of the First Minister and his Cabinet. ... In medicine, tertiary healthcare is specialized consultative care, usually on referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel, by specialists working in a center that has personnel and facilities for special investigation and treatment. ...

See also List of NHS Wales Regional Trusts.

External links

• Website of NHS Wales