What is NHS Wales?
'''NHS Wales''' is of the four systems that make up the [[National Health Service]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. It has been separate since 1999. It is the responsibility of the Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services. <ref>{{cite web|date=23 October 2006|title=NHS Wales – About Us: History & Context|url=http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/historycontext|access-date=3 August 2014|publisher=NHS Wales}}</ref> It has seven health boards and three [[NHS trust]]s. It employs 81,044 staff, making it Wales's biggest employer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gov.wales/staff-directly-employed-nhs-30-september-2019|title=Staff directly employed by the NHS: 30 September 2019|website=GOV.WALES|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> In April 2018 there were also 1,926 [[general practitioner]]s working in Wales.<ref>{{cite news |title=Full-time GP numbers continue to decline |url=http://www.onmedica.com/newsArticle.aspx |access-date=26 June 2018 |publisher=OnMedica |date=30 April 2018}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:National Health Service]] [[Category:Organisations based in Wales]]