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Type
  
Local Health Board

Location
  
Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor

Official language
  
English, Welsh

Headquarters
  
Ysbyty Gwynedd

Region served
  
North Wales

Formation
  
October 1, 2009; 7 years ago (2009-10-01)

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (Welsh: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr) is a Local Health Board in north Wales. It is the largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, and acute hospital services for a population of around 676,000 people across the six principal areas of north Wales (Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham) as well as some parts of Mid Wales, Cheshire and Shropshire.

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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is the operational name of Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board.

The Board is responsible for the operation of three district general hospitals, 22 other acute and community hospitals, and a network of over 90 health centres, clinics, community health team bases, and mental health units. It coordinates the work of 121 GP practices and NHS services provided by North Wales dentists, opticians and pharmacies.

The Board is named after Betsi Cadwaladr, a Welsh nurse born in Bala, Gwynedd in 1789. Towards the end of her life – in her mid-60s – she worked alongside Florence Nightingale, nursing casualties of the Crimean war.

History

The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board combined the North Wales NHS Trust (previously North East Wales NHS Trust and Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust), the North West Wales NHS Trust, and the six Local Health Boards of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, and Wrexham.

A report in 2013 by the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales and the Wales Audit Office said that leadership at the board was "fundamentally compromised" because the relationship between the chairman and chief executive had broken down. Both subsequently resigned.

The organisation was placed in special measures in June 2015, following a mental health services report alleging institutional abuse 2012/13, the Tawel Fan unit was closed in December 2014.

Major A&E units

  • Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham
  • Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire
  • Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, Gwynedd
  • Minor Injury Units

  • Colwyn Bay Community Hospital
  • Flint Community Hospital - closed
  • Holywell Community Hospital
  • Llandudno General Hospital
  • Mold Community Hospital
  • Ruthin Community Hospital
  • Tywyn Memorial Hospital
  • Ysbyty Alltwen
  • Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley
  • Acute

  • Abergele Hospital
  • Community Hospitals

  • Bryn Beryl Hospital
  • Chirk Community Hospital
  • Deeside Community Hospital
  • Denbigh Community Hospital
  • Dolgellau & Barmouth District Hospital
  • Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital
  • Llangollen Community Hospital
  • Prestatyn Community Hospital
  • Royal Alexandra Hospital, Rhyl
  • Community Hospital: Elderly Mental Infirm (EMI)

  • Cefni Hospital
  • Eryri Hospital
  • Day Hospitals

  • Hafod Mental Health Resource Centre
  • Nant Y Glyn Health Resource Centre
  • Psychiatric: Mental illness / Learning disability

  • Bryn y Neuadd Hospital
  • References

    Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Wikipedia


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