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]
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;
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 £135million.[4]
Structure
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
