Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) (Welsh: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Gwent, in the south-east of Wales. Headquartered in Caerleon, the local health board (LHB) was launched in October 2009 through the merger of Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust and Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Newport, Torfaen, and Monmouthshire LHBs. It is named after Aneurin Bevan, a Member of Parliament who represented the area and who was the Minister of Health responsible for the foundation of the National Health Service.[3] Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is the operational name of Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan
TypeNHS Wales
local health board
Established1 October 2009
HeadquartersLodge Road
Caerleon
Newport
NP18 3XQ[1]
Region served
Hospitals
Staff11,490 (2018/19)[2]
Websiteabuhb.nhs.wales

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 Blaenau Gwent.[4]

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.[5][6]

The Grange University Hospital is due to open in Llanfrechfa in 2021 but 384 beds were 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.[7] The hospital opened in full on 17 November 2020.[8]

The plan is to centralise some acute services currently located at the Royal Gwent and Nevill Hall Hospitals.[9]

Hospitals

Current

Former

References
  1. "Contact Us". Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. "Annual Accounts 2018-19". Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. "BBC - Enduring legacy of Aneurin Bevan". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. "Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan Officially Opened..." Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  5. "Aneurin Bevan Health Board fined £70,000 for data breach". BBC Online News. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  6. "Aneurin Bevan Health Board in first data breach fine (with video)". BBC Online News. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  7. "384 extra beds now available at The Grange University Hospital". Building Better Healthcare. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. "As coronavirus surges, when will Gwent's new £350 million hospital open?". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  9. "The £350m Grange University Hospital is not open yet - but a vital new addition is already being planned". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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