Carmarthenshire NHS Trust

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Carmarthenshire NHS Trust is an NHS Trust in Wales. The headquarters of the Trust is in the West Wales General Hospital, in Glangwili, Carmarthen.

The Trust serves around 170,000 people across Carmarthenshire and neighbouring counties. It has two main hospitals, Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli, and West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen, with accident & emergency services. There are four smaller, community hospitals.

Carmarthenshire NHS Trust has over 3,200 staff. The Chairman is Mrs Margaret Price [1], and the Chief Executive is Hugh Ross [2].

It will merge with Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS Trust and Pembrokeshire & Derwen NHS Trust in April 2008.[3] The proposed name for the newly merged trust will be Hywel Dda NHS Trust.

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[edit] Major hospitals

[edit] Amman Valley Hospital

Amman Valley Hospital is a 28-bed community hospital in Ammanford.

[edit] Bryntirion Hospital

Bryntirion Hospital is a community geriatric hospital, focussed on rehabilitation. It has 30 beds, and is located in Llanelli.

[edit] Llandovery Hospital

Llandovery Hospital is a community hospital with 18 beds, in Llandovery.

[edit] Mynydd Mawr Hospital

Mynydd Mawr Hospital (the name means 'Big Mountain') is a 38-bed community geriatric hospital, located in Llanelli.

[edit] Prince Philip Hospital

Prince Philip Hospital is a 238-bed major acute secondary care hospital, in Llanelli.

[edit] West Wales General Hospital

West Wales General Hospital is a major acute secondary care hospital, in Glangwili, Carmarthen. It has 391 beds.

[edit] References