Public Health Wales

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Public Health Wales

Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru
Public Health Wales logo
Healthcare trust overview
Formed	1 October 2009; 15 years ago (2009-10-01)
Preceding agencies	National Public Health Service Wales Centre for Health Welsh Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit Congenital Anomaly Register & Information Service for Wales Screening Services Wales
Type	NHS Trust
Jurisdiction	Wales
Headquarters	No. 2 Capital Quarter Tyndall Street Cardiff
Employees	1,651 (2019)
Annual budget	£135 million GBP
Minister responsible	Eluned Morgan, Minister for Health and Social Services
Healthcare trust executives	Dr. Tracey Cooper, Chief Executive Huw George, Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Operations and Finance
Parent department	NHS Wales
Website	phw.nhs.wales

Public Health Wales (PHW; Welsh: Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru) is an NHS Trust which was established on 1 October 2009 as part of a major restructuring of the health service in Wales. It aims to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities in Wales.^[1]

The Trust has four statutory functions:^[2]

• Provide and manage public health, health protection, healthcare improvement, health advisory, child protection and microbiological laboratory services and services relating to the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases;^[3]
• Develop and maintain arrangements for making information about matters related to the protection and improvement of health in Wales available to the public; to undertake and commission research into such matters and to contribute to the provision and development of training in such matters;
• Undertake the systematic collection, analysis and dissemination of information about the health of the people of Wales in particular including cancer incidence, mortality and survival; and prevalence of congenital anomalies; and
• Provide, manage, monitor, evaluate and conduct research into screening of health conditions and screening of health related matters.

For 2018/19 Public Health Wales employed 1,651 staff across Wales, with an income of £135 million.^[4]

A board is responsible for Public Health Wales’ strategic direction,^[5] governance framework, organisational culture and development and stakeholder relations. It comprises a chair, six non-executive directors and five executive directors, led by a chief executive.^[6] Jan Williams OBE FRSPH is the Chair.

The executive directors and three other board-level directors make up the executive team,^[7] which manages Public Health Wales. Each year Public Health Wales is required to conduct a self-assessment and demonstrate improvement against the Healthcare Standards for Wales.^[8]

The organisation is split into seven key directorates:^{[citation needed]}

• Health and Well-being
• Public Health Services
• Policy, Research and International Development
• Quality, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals
• Operations and Finance
• People and Organisational Development
• NHS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety/1000 Lives

• UK Health Security Agency
• Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Public Health Scotland
• Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland)

• Public Health Wales