A Local Health Board (Wales) (formerly known as Welsh Local Health Board) is an ORGANISATION.
Local Health Boards (Wales) are bodies corporate established by the Welsh Ministers under s.11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.
A Local Health Board (Wales) will be responsible for:
- Those functions undertaken by the twenty-two Welsh Local Health Boards up to 30 September 2009 (including securing the provision of health care services for the PERSONS resident within their respective areas);
- The provision of health care services within their areas;
- The planning and provision of specialised and tertiary services that were commissioned by Health Commission Wales up to 30 September 2009. The planning of some of those specialised and tertiary services may be executed via joint committees such as that envisaged for the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (WHSSC).
This model will ensure the emphasis remains on co-operation and engagement with local partners, particularly in relation to the Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategies and Children and Young People’s Plans.
WELSH LOCAL HEALTH BOARD DESCRIPTION REPLACED 1 OCTOBER 2009
A Welsh Local Health Board is an ORGANISATION.
A Welsh Local Health Board is a body corporate established by the Welsh Ministers under s.11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006; whose areas are coterminous with local authority boundaries. Welsh Local Health Boards are responsible for PATIENTS who are “usually resident in their area”.
The overall function of a Welsh Local Health Board is to improve the health of the responsible population, develop primary health services, and commission community and secondary care services. A Welsh Local Health Board will, if it so wishes and is capable of doing so, be able to provide directly a range of community health services, creating new opportunities to integrate primary and community health services as well as health and social care provision.
Welsh Local Health Boards will be the leading NHS ORGANISATION for partnership with Local Authorities and other partners; including NHS Trusts and other Welsh Local Health Boards, and local communities to improve health and deliver wider objectives for social and economic regeneration.
Save for certain specialised services commissioned by Health Commission Wales, Welsh Local Health Boards commission services themselves, although they may by agreement with other Welsh Local Health Boards, work together to commission certain services, e.g. on a Regional basis. In this case a lead Welsh Local Health Board will be identified for the group.
This supporting information is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| formerly | Welsh Local Health Board |
| plural | Local Health Boards (Wales) |