Hywel Dda University Health Board is the local NHS organisation for Mid and West Wales.
As a health board, we plan, organise and provide health services for almost 400,000 people across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire. We manage and pay for the care and treatment that people receive in this area for physical health, mental health and learning disabilities.
Our ambitious strategy seeks to develop and implement a process for transforming the way we deliver healthcare services, through a commitment to moving from a system focused on treatment and diagnosis, to one where preventing ill health is a core activity and that embraces consideration of people’s wellbeing. We call this our Social Model for Health and Wellbeing and this sits at the heart of our 10-year strategy.
To deliver this ambition, we cannot work alone. We recognise the importance of working in partnership with local authorities, community organisations, businesses, and communities to improve not only the services we deliver, but also the circumstances in which we grow up, live, work, play and age well.
The last three years have clearly demonstrated the importance of these relationships. Out of adversity, these connections have flourished, as existing partnerships have been strengthened and new ones forged across sectors, to manage the immediate and longer term impact of the pandemic.
As the Executive Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Experience, we will lo...