NHS Wales, the Glossary
NHS Wales (GIG Cymru) is the publicly-funded healthcare system in Wales, and one of the four systems which make up the National Health Service (Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol) in the United Kingdom.[1]
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- Medical and health organisations based in Wales
- Welsh Government
Agenda for Change
Agenda for Change (AfC) is the current National Health Service (NHS) grading and pay system for NHS staff, with the exception of doctors, dentists, apprentices and some senior managers.
See NHS Wales and Agenda for Change
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) (Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Gwent, in the south-east of Wales.
See NHS Wales and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) (Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr) is the local health board of NHS Wales for the north of Wales.
See NHS Wales and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Bridgend County Borough
Bridgend County Borough (Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.
See NHS Wales and Bridgend County Borough
British Medical Association
The British Medical Association (BMA) is a registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom.
See NHS Wales and British Medical Association
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Wales)
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care is a cabinet position in the Welsh Government, currently held by Eluned Morgan MS.
See NHS Wales and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Wales)
Cancer Drugs Fund
The Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) was introduced in England in 2011.
See NHS Wales and Cancer Drugs Fund
Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB; Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a'r Fro) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, in the south-east of Wales.
See NHS Wales and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cathays Park
Cathays Park (Parc Cathays) or Cardiff Civic Centre is a civic centre area in the city centre of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, consisting of a number of early 20th century buildings and a central park area, Alexandra Gardens.
See NHS Wales and Cathays Park
Community health councils were established in 1974 as a result of the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 to provide a voice for patients and the public in the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales.
See NHS Wales and Community health council
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) (Bwrdd lechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf Morgannwg) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Bridgend in the south of Wales.
See NHS Wales and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in London.
Defined benefit pension plan
Defined benefit (DB) pension plan is a type of pension plan in which an employer/sponsor promises a specified pension payment, lump-sum, or combination thereof on retirement that depends on an employee's earnings history, tenure of service and age, rather than depending directly on individual investment returns.
See NHS Wales and Defined benefit pension plan
District nurse
District Nurses work manage care within the community and lead teams of community nurses and support workers.
See NHS Wales and District nurse
Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely
Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely (born 16 February 1967), is a Welsh Labour politician who has been the Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024, and is set to become the next First Minister of Wales.
See NHS Wales and Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely
General practitioner
A general practitioner (GP) or family physician is a doctor who is a consultant in general practice.
See NHS Wales and General practitioner
Government of Wales Act 1998
The Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) (Deddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
See NHS Wales and Government of Wales Act 1998
Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland)
Health and Social Care (HSC; Sláinte agus Cúram Sóisialta) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Northern Ireland.
See NHS Wales and Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland)
Health care
Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.
Health Foundation
The Health Foundation is an independent charity and think tank for health care for people in the UK.
See NHS Wales and Health Foundation
Health Service Journal
Health Service Journal (HSJ) is a news service that covers policy and management in the National Health Service (NHS) in England.
See NHS Wales and Health Service Journal
Hospital
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment.
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) (Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda) is the local health board of NHS Wales for the west of Wales.
See NHS Wales and Hywel Dda University Health Board
Ipsos
Ipsos Group S.A. (an acronym of Institut Public de Sondage d'Opinion Secteur) is a multinational market research and consulting firm with headquarters in Paris, France.
Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British politician who is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2024.
Kirsty Williams
Victoria Kirstyn Williams (born 19 March 1971) is a Welsh politician who served as Minister for Education in the Welsh Government from 2016 to 2021.
See NHS Wales and Kirsty Williams
List of hospitals in Wales
The following is a list of currently operating hospitals in Wales.
See NHS Wales and List of hospitals in Wales
Local health board
A local health board (LHB) is an administrative unit of NHS Wales, established in 2003.
See NHS Wales and Local health board
Mark Drakeford
Mark Drakeford (born 19 September 1954) is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2018 to 2024.
See NHS Wales and Mark Drakeford
Nabiximols
Nabiximols (USAN, trade name Sativex) is a specific Cannabis extract that was approved in 2010 as a botanical drug in the United Kingdom.
National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales.
See NHS Wales and National Health Service
National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded healthcare system in England, and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom.
See NHS Wales and National Health Service (England)
National Health Service Act 1946
The National Health Service Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 81) came into effect on 5 July 1948 and created the National Health Service in England and Wales thus being the first implementation of the Beveridge model.
See NHS Wales and National Health Service Act 1946
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body, in England, of the Department of Health and Social Care, that publishes guidelines in four areas.
See NHS Wales and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
NHS Direct Wales
NHS Direct Wales is a 24-hour telephone and internet health advice service provided by NHS Wales to enable people to obtain advice when use of the national emergency telephone number (999 or 112) does not seem to be appropriate but there is some degree of urgency; it also functions as a confidential advice service for some medical matters which a patient might be reluctant to discuss with their own General Practitioner (GP) and has subsidiary helplines for specific health matters such as human papillomavirus (HPV).
See NHS Wales and NHS Direct Wales
NHS Pension Scheme
The NHS Pension Scheme is a pension scheme for people who work for the English NHS and NHS Wales.
See NHS Wales and NHS Pension Scheme
NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: SNS na h-Alba), sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly–funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom.
See NHS Wales and NHS Scotland
NHS trust
An NHS trust is an organisational unit within the National Health Services of England and Wales, generally serving either a geographical area or a specialised function (such as an ambulance service).
Nuffield Trust
The Nuffield Trust, formerly the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, is a charitable trust with the mission of improving health care in the UK through evidence and analysis.
See NHS Wales and Nuffield Trust
Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy (OT) is a healthcare profession that involves the use of assessment, intervention, consultation, and coaching to develop, recover, or maintain meaningful occupations of individuals, groups, or communities.
See NHS Wales and Occupational therapy
OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
Physical therapy
Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease prevention, and health promotion.
See NHS Wales and Physical therapy
Pound sterling
Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.
See NHS Wales and Pound sterling
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) (Bwrdd lechyd Addysgu Powys) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Powys in Mid Wales.
See NHS Wales and Powys Teaching Health Board
Prescription charges
Charges for prescriptions for medicines and some medical appliances are payable by adults in England under the age of 60.
See NHS Wales and Prescription charges
Primary care
Primary care is a model of care that supports first-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive and coordinated person-focused care.
See NHS Wales and Primary care
Public Health Wales
Public Health Wales (PHW) is an NHS Trust which was established on 1 October 2009 as part of a major restructuring of the health service in Wales.
See NHS Wales and Public Health Wales
Publicly funded health care
Publicly funded healthcare is a form of health care financing designed to meet the cost of all or most healthcare needs from a publicly managed fund.
See NHS Wales and Publicly funded health care
Royal assent
Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf.
See NHS Wales and Royal assent
Secretary of State for Wales
The secretary of state for Wales (ysgrifennydd gwladol Cymru), also referred to as the Welsh secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Wales Office.
See NHS Wales and Secretary of State for Wales
Senedd
The Senedd, officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales.
Sky News
Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.
Speech–language pathology
Speech–language pathology (a.k.a. speech and language pathology or logopedics) is a healthcare and academic discipline concerning the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of communication disorders, including expressive and mixed receptive-expressive language disorders, voice disorders, speech sound disorders, speech disfluency, pragmatic language impairments, and social communication difficulties, as well as swallowing disorders across the lifespan.
See NHS Wales and Speech–language pathology
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) (Bwrdd lechyd Prifysgol Bae Abertawe) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, in the south-west of Wales.
See NHS Wales and Swansea Bay University Health Board
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
See NHS Wales and United Kingdom
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is an NHS foundation trust based in London, United Kingdom.
See NHS Wales and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital of Wales
University Hospital of Wales (Ysbyty Athrofaol Cymru) (UHW), also known as the Heath Hospital, is a 1,080-bed hospital in the Heath district of Cardiff, Wales.
See NHS Wales and University Hospital of Wales
Velindre Cancer Centre
The Velindre Cancer Centre (Canolfan Ganser Felindre) is a specialist facility offering inpatient and outpatient care for cancer patients in Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales.
See NHS Wales and Velindre Cancer Centre
Velindre University NHS Trust
The Velindre University NHS Trust is an NHS Wales trust established in 1994 as a specialist provider of cancer services in Wales.
See NHS Wales and Velindre University NHS Trust
Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Welsh Ambulance Service
The Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Brifysgol GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) is the national ambulance service for Wales.
See NHS Wales and Welsh Ambulance Service
Welsh Blood Service
The Welsh Blood Service is a division of Velindre University NHS Trust responsible for the collection of blood in Wales, and of the distribution of blood products to hospitals within the country, as well as other related functions.
See NHS Wales and Welsh Blood Service
Welsh Government
The Welsh Government (Llywodraeth Cymru) is the devolved government of Wales.
See NHS Wales and Welsh Government
Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.
See NHS Wales and Welsh language
Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing (also whistle-blowing or whistle blowing) is the activity of a person, often an employee, revealing information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent.
See NHS Wales and Whistleblowing
1997 Welsh devolution referendum
The Welsh devolution referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Wales on 18 September 1997 over whether there was support for the creation of a National Assembly for Wales, and therefore a degree of self-government.
See NHS Wales and 1997 Welsh devolution referendum
See also
Medical and health organisations based in Wales
- Aberdare Local Board of Health
- Autism Cymru
- Centre for Health and International Relations
- Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology
- Health Commission Wales
- Health and Care Research Wales
- Hospitals in Wales
- Medical schools in Wales
- NHS Wales
- Sight Life
- Trust PA
Welsh Government
- 2021 Welsh Labour–Plaid Cymru agreement
- All Wales Convention
- Arfor
- Counsel General for Wales
- Creative Wales
- Deputy First Minister of Wales
- Education and Learning Wales
- First Minister of Wales
- History of NHS Wales
- Julie Williams (scientist)
- List of Welsh Governments
- List of first ministers of Wales
- NHS Wales
- Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government
- Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
- Shadow Cabinet of Wales
- St David's Day Agreement
- Taxation in Wales
- Technium
- Transport for Wales
- Visit Wales
- Welsh Government
- Welsh Government roads review
- Welsh Government sponsored bodies
- Welsh Government sponsored body
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHS_Wales
Also known as GIG Cymru, Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol, List of NHS Wales Health Boards, List of NHS Wales Regional Trusts, List of NHS Wales trusts and health boards, List of NHS trusts in Wales, List of Welsh NHS trusts, List of health boards in Wales, List of local health boards and NHS trusts in Wales, NHS Wales Regional Trusts, Welsh Health Service, Welsh NHS.
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