Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) ( cy, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr) is the

local health board NHS Wales has been organised into administrative units known as Local Health Boards (LHB, ) since 2003. Following a reorganisation in 2009, there are currently seven local health boards in Wales. Local health boards may use an operational name ...

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for the north of Wales. It is the largest health organisation in

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, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, and acute hospital services for a population of around 694,000 people across the six

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of north Wales (

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

Conwy Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on ...

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

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, Gwynedd and

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

) as well as some parts of Mid Wales, Cheshire and

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. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is the operational name of Betsi Cadwaladr Local Health Board. The Board is responsible for the operation of three district general hospitals, 22 other acute and community hospitals, and a network of over 90 health centres, clinics, community health team bases, and mental health units. It coordinates the work of 121 GP practices and NHS services provided by North Wales dentists, opticians and pharmacies. The Board is named after Betsi Cadwaladr, a Welsh nurse born in Bala, Gwynedd in 1789. Towards the end of her life in her mid-60s she worked alongside

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, nursing casualties of the

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History

The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board combined the North Wales NHS Trust (previously North East Wales NHS Trust and Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust), the North West Wales NHS Trust, and the six Local Health Boards of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, and Wrexham. A report in 2013 by the

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales The Senedd (; ), officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and () in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, it makes laws for Wales, agrees certain taxes and scrutinises the Welsh G ...

and the Wales Audit Office said that leadership at the board was "fundamentally compromised" because the relationship between the chairman and chief executive had broken down. Both subsequently resigned. The organisation was placed in

special measures Special measures is a status applied by regulators of public services in Britain to providers who fall short of acceptable standards. In education (England and Wales) Ofsted, the schools inspection agency for England and some British Overseas Ter ...

in June 2015, following a mental health services report alleging institutional abuse 2012/13, the Tawel Fan unit was closed in December 2014. On 24 November 2020, the Welsh Government announced that the health board would be taken out of special measures with immediate effect.

Hospitals

Current * Abergele Hospital,

Abergele Abergele (; ; ) is a market town and community, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in Conwy County Borough and in the historic county of Denbighshire. Its northern suburb of Pensarn lies ...

* Bryn Beryl Hospital, Pwllheli * Bryn y Neuadd Hospital,

Llanfairfechan Llanfairfechan ("Little St Mary's Parish") is a town and community in the Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is known as a seaside resort and had a population at the 2001 Census of 3,755, reducing to 3,637 at the 2011 Census. The history of the ...

Cefni Hospital Cefni Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Cefni) is a health facility in Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) ( cy, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr) i ...

Llangefni Llangefni (meaning "church on the River Cefni", ) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Llangefni's population as 5,116 people, ma ...

* Chirk Community Hospital, Chirk * Colwyn Bay Community Hospital,

Colwyn Bay Colwyn Bay ( cy, Bae Colwyn) is a town, community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic county of Denbighshire. Eight neighbouring communities are incorpo ...

* Deeside Community Hospital,

Deeside Deeside ( cy, Glannau Dyfrdwy) is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the River Dee that flows from nei ...

Denbigh Community Hospital Denbigh Community Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Cymunedol Dinbych) is a community hospital in Denbigh, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The hospital has its origins in the Denbighshire Dispensary which became ...

, Denbigh *

Dolgellau and Barmouth Hospital Dolgellau and Barmouth Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Dolgellau ac Abermaw) is a health facility in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. It is a Grade II listed building. History A charitable fund for th ...

, Dolgellau *

Glan Clwyd Hospital Glan Clwyd Hospital (Welsh: ''Ysbyty Glan Clwyd)'' is a hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The hospital, which was built with six operating theatres at a cost of � ...

Bodelwyddan Bodelwyddan () is a village, electoral ward and community in Denbighshire, Wales, approximately 5 miles (8 km) South of Rhyl. The Parish includes several smaller hamlets such as Marli and Pengwern. Bodelwyddan is home to over sixty liste ...

* Holywell Community Hospital, Holywell *

Llandudno General Hospital Llandudno General Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Cyffredinol Llandudno) is a general hospital in Llandudno, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The hospital has its origins in the Llandudno Fever hospital which was ...

, Llandudno *

Mold Community Hospital Mold Community Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Cymuned yr Wyddgrug) is a community hospital in Mold, Flintshire, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The hospital has its origins in the old Mold Cottage Hospital in ...

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* Royal Alexandra Hospital, Rhyl * Penley Community Hospital, Penley *

Ruthin Community Hospital Ruthin Community Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Cymunedol Rhuthun) is a community hospital in Ruthin, Wales. It is managed by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The hospital, which was designed as an infirmary for the Ruthin Union Workhouse ...

Ruthin Ruthin ( ; cy, Rhuthun) is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales, in the south of the Vale of Clwyd. It is Denbighshire's county town. The town, castle and St Peter's Square lie on a hill, skirted by villages such as Pwllglas and ...

Tywyn Hospital Tywyn Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Tywyn) is a health facility in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The foundation stone for the hospital was laid by Margaret Lloyd George, Dame Margaret Lloyd G ...

Tywyn Tywyn (Welsh: ; in English often ), formerly spelled Towyn, is a town, community, and seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast of southern Gwynedd, Wales. It was previously in the historic county of Merionethshire. It is famous as the lo ...

Wrexham Maelor Hospital The Wrexham Maelor Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Maelor Wrecsam) is a district general hospital for the north east region of Wales. It is managed by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The hospital has its origins in the Wrexham Union Workho ...

Ysbyty Alltwen Ysbyty Alltwen (English: Alltwen Hospital) is a health facility in Tremadog, Gwynedd, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The facility was commissioned to replace the aging Ysbyty Bron y Garth in Penrhynd ...

Tremadog Tremadog (formerly Tremadoc) is a village in the community of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales; about north of Porthmadog town-centre. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798. The centre of ...

Ysbyty Eryri Ysbyty Eryri (English: ''Snowdonia Hospital'') is a health facility in Lôn Parc, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The facility has its origins in the Caernarfon Union Workhouse whi ...

Caernarfon Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is ...

Ysbyty Gwynedd Ysbyty Gwynedd ( en, Gwynedd Hospital) is a district general hospital in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It is managed by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The hospital, which was commissioned to replace the aging Caernarfon and Anglesey ...

, Bangor, Gwynedd *

Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley (English: Penrhos Stanley Hospital) is a health facility in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The facility has its origins in the Holyhead Workhouse Infirmary a ...

, Holyhead Former *

Conwy Hospital Conwy Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Conwy) was a community hospital in Conwy, Wales. It was managed by the Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust. History The hospital had its origins in the Conwy Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was established in 1838. It b ...

* Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital, Blaenau Ffestiniog * H.M. Stanley Hospital, St. Asaph * Llangollen Community Hospital,

Llangollen Llangollen () is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Bea ...

Minffordd Hospital Minffordd Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Minffordd) was a health facility in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It was managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The facility was established on a part of the Penrhyn Estate as an isolation hosp ...

, Bangor *

Ysbyty Bron y Garth Ysbyty Bron y Garth (English: Bron y Garth Hospital) was a health facility in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, Wales. It was managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The facility has its origins in the Ffestiniog Union Workhouse ...

Penrhyndeudraeth Penrhyndeudraeth (; ) is a small town and community in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 nearly east of Porthmadog, and had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, increased from 2 ...

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