Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) ( cy, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan) is the local health board of

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for Gwent, in the south-east of

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. Headquartered in

Caerleon Caerleon (; cy, Caerllion) is a town and community in Newport, Wales. Situated on the River Usk, it lies northeast of Newport city centre, and southeast of Cwmbran. Caerleon is of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable Rom ...

, the local health board (LHB) was launched in October 2009 through the merger of

Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust was an NHS Trust in South East Wales. The Trust was launched in April 1999 through the merger of Glan Hafren, Gwent Community Health and Nevill Hall and District NHS ...

and

Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent (; ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, E ...

, Caerphilly,

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Torfaen Torfaen (; cy, Torfaen ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south- ...

, and Monmouthshire LHBs. It is named after

Aneurin Bevan Aneurin "Nye" Bevan PC (; 15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Heal ...

, a

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who represented the area and who was the Minister of Health responsible for the foundation of the

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. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is the operational name of Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board. The Board's total catchment area for health care services contains a population of about 600,000. Acute, intermediate, primary and community care and mental health services are all provided across a network of primary-care practices, community clinics, health centres, one learning disability hospital, a number of community hospitals, mental health facilities, one local general hospital and three district general hospitals – Royal Gwent, Nevill Hall and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr. In 2010 Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan hospital replaced several small community hospitals in

. In April 2012 the Board was fined £70,000 for breaching patient confidentiality. It was the first NHS organisation to be fined under the Data Protection Act. The Grange University Hospital is due to open in Llanfrechfa in 2021 but 384 beds was opened in April 2020, a year in advance of schedule, in case they were needed for the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales, enabled by the extensive adoption of offsite fabrication. The hospital opened in full on 17 November 2020. The plan is to centralise some acute services currently located at the Royal Gwent and Nevill Hall Hospitals.

Hospitals

Current * Chepstow Community Hospital,

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* County Hospital, Torfaen * Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran * Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital,

Cwmbran Cwmbran ( ; cy, Cwmbrân , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales. Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to pr ...

* Maindiff Court Hospital, Abergavenny * Monnow Vale Integrated Health and Social Care Facility,

Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. ...

Nevill Hall Hospital Nevill Hall Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Nevill Hall) is a district general hospital in Abergavenny, north Monmouthshire, Wales. It is managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. History The site was originally occupied by The Brooks, a countr ...

, Abergavenny * Royal Gwent Hospital,

St Cadoc's Hospital Saint Cadoc's Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Sant Cadog) is a mental health facility located in Caerleon on the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, Wales. It is managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. History The foundation stone fo ...

* St Woolos Hospital,

* Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan,

* Ysbyty'r Tri Chwm,

Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale (; cy, Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr con ...

* Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr,

Ystrad Mynach Ystrad Mynach is a town in the Caerphilly County Borough, within the ancient county of Glamorgan, Wales, and is north of the town of Caerphilly. The urban area has a population of 19,204, and stands in the Rhymney Valley. Before the Industrial R ...

Former *

Aberbargoed Hospital Aberbargoed Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Aberbargoed) was a community hospital in Aberbargoed, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. History The hospital was commissioned by the Powell Duffryn ...

, Aberbargoed (closed 2010) * Abertillery and District Hospital, Abertillery (closed 2008) * Blaenavon Hospital,

Blaenavon Blaenavon ( cy, Blaenafon) is a town and community in Torfaen county borough, Wales, high on a hillside on the source of the Afon Lwyd. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. Th ...

(closed 2014) * Blaina & District Hospital, Blaina (closed 2010) * Caerphilly District Miners Hospital, Caerphilly (closed 2011) * Cottage Hospital,

(closed 2006) *

Oakdale Hospital Oakdale Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Oakdale) was a community hospital in Oakdale, Caerphilly, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. History The hospital, which formed part of the Oakdale Garden Village built for the wor ...

, Oakdale (closed 2011) * Redwood Memorial Hospital,

Rhymney Rhymney (; cy, Rhymni ) is a town and a community in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. With the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri and New Tredegar, Rhymne ...

(closed 2013) * Tredegar General Hospital,

Tredegar Tredegar (pronounced , ) is a town and community situated on the banks of the Sirhowy River in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, in the southeast of Wales. Within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it became an early centre of the ...

(closed 2010) * Ystrad Mynach Hospital,

(closed 2011)

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