Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust

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Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust is an NHS Trust in Wales. The headquarters of the Trust is in the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff. It is the largest NHS Trust in Wales, and one of the largest in the UK. It has around 12,000 staff.

The Trust supports a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. It also has a range of specialist services used by the whole of Wales, including renal, paediatric, neurology and bone marrow transplantation.

The Chairman is Simon Jones^[1], and the Chief Executive is Hugh Ross ^[2].

1 Major hospitals
2 References

[edit] Major hospitals

[edit] Barry Hospital

The Barry Hospital is a 60 bed community hospital. It was opened in 1995 in Barry, in the Vale of Glamorgan.

[edit] Cardiff Royal Infirmary

Cardiff Royal Infirmary (or CRI) is a hospital situated in the heart of Cardiff.

The hospital began with the beginning of Cardiff Dispensary in 1822. It was moved to the present building in 1837 and was called as King Edward Hospital. In 1923, it came to be known as Cardiff Royal Infirmary, with a total bed count of 100, which was later increased to 500 due to the growing population of Cardiff.

The majority of Cardiff Royal Infirmary closed in March 1999^[3], with the West Wing remaining open, for clinic services, genitourinary medicine and rehabilitation, manned by staff from the University Hospital of Wales. There remain 119 beds for stroke, orthopaedic and rehabilitation treatment.

[edit] Llandough Hospital

Llandough Hospital is a District General Hospital with 480 beds, located 5 miles from the centre of Cardiff, in Penarth. All major specialities are provided. A great deal of research, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate teaching takes place on site. A new Postgraduate Centre was opened in 1998. ^[4]

[edit] Rookwood Hospital, Llandaff

See main article - Rookwood Hospital.

[edit] St David's Hospital

St David's Hospital, Cardiff opened in March 2002, with brand new facilities serving for older people and rehabilitation patients.

The hospital also provides podiatry services, and child and adolescent psychiatry services. St David's was the first new hospital in Cardiff for 30 years, and was funded through a Public Private Partnership.

[edit] University Dental Hospital, Cardiff

The University Dental Hospital, in Cardiff was opened in 1967. It provides care for dental patients, as well as dentistry teaching and research.

[edit] University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

See main article - University Hospital of Wales.

[edit] Whitchurch Hospital, Whitchurch

See main article - Whitchurch Hospital.

Whitchurch Hospital is a 300 bed mental health facility in the north of Cardiff. As well as general psychiatry, services include forensic psychiatry and addiction services.