Local Health Board in Wales

Note - From April 2003, the five Health Authorities in Wales were replaced by five Local Health Boards (LHBs).

To add a Local Health Board:

  1. From the Vision 3 front screen, select Management Tools - Control Panel and now select File Maintenance - Organisation .
  2. From the Organisation list, either:
    • Highlight HA and then select Add , or
    • Select the arrow to the right of Add , select Add Organisation and from Category select HA, or
    • Right click on HA and select Add Organisation.
  3. In Name, select the LHB required, the cipher, completes automatically:
    • QW1 Gwent (covers 6C2 Blaenau Gwent, 6B2 Caerphilly, 6A1 Monmouthshire, 6B9 Newport, 6C3 Torfaen).
    • QW2 Bro Taf (covers 6B8 Merthyr Tydfil, 6A9 Thondda Cynon Taf, 6B6 Vale of Glamorgan, 6A8 Cardiff).
    • QW3 Dyfed Powys (covers 6B7 Carmarthenshire, 6A4 Ceredigion, 6A3 Pembrokeshire, 6C4 Powys).
    • QW4 North Wales (covers 6B1 Anglesey, 6A7 Conwy, 6C1 Denbighshire, 6B5 Flintshire, 6A2 Gwynedd, 6B4 Wrexham).
    • QW5 Iechyd Morgannwg (covers 6A6 Swansea, 6B3 Bridgend, 6A5 Neath Port Talbot).
      Note - The LHB code is a five character alphanumeric field with the first 3 characters identifying the LHB. The fourth and fifth characters are zeros.
  4. Enter an address and contact details if appropriate, see Adding Addresses and Contact Numbers for details if required.

  5. Select OK to save.

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