Local health board


A local health board is an administrative unit within NHS Wales
LHBs were first established in Wales in 2003. They were 22 in number, being coterminous with the 22 Welsh local authorities. The LHBs planned what health services their populations need and then paid hospital NHS trusts, family doctors, dentists and others to provide these services.
The NHS in Wales underwent a major reorganisation in 2009, merging the 22 Local Health Boards with the seven NHS trusts providing hospital services into seven larger local health boards.
Alongside the seven local health boards there are three all-Wales NHS trusts within NHS Wales and one Special Health Authority.

List of local health boards

The seven local health boards in Wales are: