| Cardiff and Vale University Health Board | |
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| Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a'r Fro | |
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| Type | NHS Wales local health board |
| Established | 1 October 2009 |
| Headquarters | Woodland House Maes-y-Coed Road Cardiff CF14 4HH[1] |
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| Staff | 15,614 (2019/20)[2] |
| Website | cavuhb |
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB;Welsh:Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a'r Fro) is thelocal health board ofNHS Wales forCardiff andVale of Glamorgan, in thesouth-east ofWales. Formed on 1 October 2009 through the amalgamation of three NHS organisations in the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan area.[3] The three organisations amalgamated were:Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, employing 12,000 staff and previously responsibility for hospital services in the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan area;Cardiff Local Health Board; andVale of Glamorgan Local Health Board both responsible for GP, Dental, Optical and pharmacy services. The headquarters of the Board is in theUniversity Hospital of Wales, inCardiff. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is the operational name of Cardiff and Vale Local Health Board.
The Board supports a population of around 445,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. It oversees seventeen health centres, public health and community care services and also has a range of specialist services used by the whole of Wales, includingrenal,paediatric,neurology andbone marrow transplantation.
As of June 2020,[update] Charles Janczewski is the chairman of the Board.[as of?] Suzanne Rankin is Chief Executive.[4]
The board is one of the first organisations in the UK to make wifi available in its hospitals, on the basis that enables patients to stay in touch with their family and friends, and improves the way it interacts with patients.[5]
It was reported that there had been 3,609 recorded staff complaints about staffing levels between 2012 and 2015. A review published in July 2015 found the emergency department was "significantly under-staffed" and had a poor skill mix, particularly in the paediatric department.[8]
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