Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS Trust

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Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS Trust (Welsh: Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Ceredigion a Chanolbarth Cymru) is an NHS Trust in Wales. The headquarters of the Trust is in the Bronglais General Hospital, in Aberystwyth. The Trust caters to the Ceredigion area, as well as large areas of south Gwynedd and north Powys.

The Chairman is Dr Anita Rogers, a former professor at the University of San Diego[1], and the Chief Executive is Mrs Alison Williams[2].

It will merge with Carmarthenshire 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] Aberaeron Hospital

Aberaeron Hospital no longer has inpatient beds, and is now used as a base for outpatient clinics run by Consultants and Specialist Nurses.

[edit] Bronglais General Hospital

Bronglais General Hospital is a major district acute hospital located in Aberystwyth. The hospital has 174 inpatient beds (plus 12 day case places). It houses most clinical specialties, including Anaesthetics, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Diabetes, Oncology, Paediatrics, Surgery, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics, Pathology and ENT, as well as an A&E department.

[edit] Cardigan Community Hospital

Cardigan Community Hospital (formerly known as Cardigan & District Memorial Hospital), is a 25-bed community hospital, located in Cardigan.

[edit] Tregaron Hospital

Tregaron Community Hospital, in Tregaron, is a small community hospital. It has 29 inpatient beds. Specialities are rehabilitation of the elderly, and palliative care. In 2000, Tregaron was awarded the Charter Mark Award for excellence.

[edit] References