Public Health Wales

Short description: NHS Trust in Wales

Public Health WalesIechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru

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Healthcare trust overview
Formed| 1 October 2009; 14 years ago (2009-10-01)
Preceding agencies|

* National Public Health Service
* Wales Centre for Health
* Welsh Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit
* Congenital Anomaly Register & Information Service for Wales
* Screening Services Wales

Type| NHS Trust
Jurisdiction| Wales
Headquarters| No. 2 Capital Quarter
Tyndall Street
Cardiff
Employees| 1,651 (2019)
Annual budget| £135 million GBP
Minister responsible|

* Eluned Morgan, Minister for Health and Social Services

Healthcare trust executives|

* Dr. Tracey Cooper, Chief Executive
* Huw George, Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Operations and Finance

Parent department| NHS Wales
Website| phw.nhs.wales

Public Health Wales (PHW; Welsh: Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru) is an NHS Trust which was established on 1 October 2009 as part of a major restructuring of the health service in Wales. It aims to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities in Wales.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Mission and resources
* 2 Structure
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Mission and resources

The Trust has four statutory functions:[2]

* Provide and manage public health, health protection, healthcare improvement, health advisory, child protection and microbiological laboratory services and services relating to the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases;[3]
* Develop and maintain arrangements for making information about matters related to the protection and improvement of health in Wales available to the public; to undertake and commission research into such matters and to contribute to the provision and development of training in such matters;
* Undertake the systematic collection, analysis and dissemination of information about the health of the people of Wales in particular including cancer incidence, mortality and survival; and prevalence of congenital anomalies; and
* Provide, manage, monitor, evaluate and conduct research into screening of health conditions and screening of health related matters.

For 2018/19 Public Health Wales employed 1,651 staff across Wales, with an income of £135 million.[4]

## Structure

A board is responsible for Public Health Wales’ strategic direction,[5] governance framework, organisational culture and development and stakeholder relations. It comprises a chair, six non-executive directors and five executive directors, led by a chief executive.[6] Jan Williams OBE FRSPH is the Chair.

The executive directors and three other board-level directors make up the executive team,[7] which manages Public Health Wales. Each year Public Health Wales is required to conduct a self-assessment and demonstrate improvement against the Healthcare Standards for Wales.[8]

The organisation is split into seven key directorates:[citation needed]

* Health and Well-being
* Public Health Services
* Policy, Research and International Development
* Quality, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals
* Operations and Finance
* People and Organisational Development
* NHS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety/1000 Lives

## References

1. ↑ Wales, Public Health. "Public Health Wales - Working to Achieve a Healthier Future for Wales". http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/page/96924.
2. ↑ Wales, Public Health. "Public Health Wales - Statute and History". http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/page/70470.
3. ↑ Wales, Public Health. "Public Health Wales - Services & Teams A-Z". http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/page/44949.
4. ↑ "WORKING TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR WALES - Annual Report 2018/19". Public Health Wales. https://phw.nhs.wales/files/annual-reports/working-to-achieve-a-healthier-future-for-wales-annual-report-2018-19/.
5. ↑ "Public Health Wales - Our Board & Executive Team". http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/page/44958.
6. ↑ Wales, Public Health. "Public Health Wales - Public Health Wales Board". http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/page/44959.
7. ↑ "Public Health Wales - Executive Team". http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/page/46669.
8. ↑ "NHS Wales Governance e-Manual | Standards for Health Services in Wales -- Supporting Guidance". Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20140325132459/http://www.wales.nhs.uk/governance-emanual/standards-for-health-services-in-wales-s. Retrieved 2014-03-25.

## External links

* Public Health Wales

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