Health Centre
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is developing the new Loudoun Square Health Centre to give everyone in the local community access to:
- GP services
- community services
- a community pharmacy run by the Co-operative Society
The exciting new Health Centre will provide high quality clinical rooms for GP and community services over two floors. The third floor will provide office space for GP practice and community staff.
GP services
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board will commission Dr Saunders and partners and Dr Naseem and partner to provide a wide range of quality GP services.
For information about these doctors’ practices visit www.drsaundersbutetown.co.uk or www.grangesurgery.gpsurgery.net
Community services
Community services currently provided in Grangetown Health Centre and Butetown Health Centre will move to the new Loudoun Square Health Centre (with some moving to the new Locality Health and Treatment Centre at Cardiff Royal Infirmary). This will help health workers meet local patients’ needs.
These services include District Nursing, Health Visiting, Child Health, Podiatry, Dietetics, Audiology, Sexual Health and Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia services. There will also be an integrated Dental facility.
For more information or enquiries about the Loudoun Square Health Centre contact:
Primary.care3@wales.nhs.uk
For information about Cardiff and Vale University Health Board visit: www.cardiffandvaleulhb.wales.nhs.uk
CHCs – Watchdog for the NHS
Community Health Councils (CHCs) are statutory organisations. The key function of CHCs is to represent the interests of the public in the health service in the district - i.e. to give people an independent voice in their local NHS and the service it provides.
Cardiff Community Health Council (CHC) is the independent voice of the public and patients – the consumers in Health Service matters.
As the authorities responsible for Health Services locally are not elected bodies, there is a very real need for the public’s views to be represented and your interests to be protected.
CHCs are composed of local people who volunteer to monitor the local NHS. They are appointed by Welsh Assembly Government, County Councils and the Voluntary Sector.
What is our duty?
CHCs are situated across Wales and have four main statutory duties:
- To keep under review from a patient and public perspective the local NHS services
- To facilitate consultation with the public and patients on major changes aimed at local health services
- To enable local people to have a say about their health services
- To provide an independent advocacy service for those who wish to complain about the NHS.
What do we do in practice?
The main activities are:
- Regular monitoring visits by CHC members to Health Service premises, followed by recommendations for any required improvements
- Carry out surveys on patients’ needs
- CHCs are consulted by the NHS on proposed changes to services or premises
- Advising local NHS bodies on new services and ideas ensuring the public and patient view is taken into account
- Providing an independent Advocacy Service to patients who wish to make a complaint against the NHS, under the NHS Complaints Procedure.
Our website address is www.communityhealthcouncils.org.uk/cardiffandvale
