NHS West Midlands was a

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(SHA) of the National Health Service in England. It operated in the

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region, which is coterminous with the local

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. It was abolished in April 2013.

General information

NHS West Midlands (also known as West Midlands Strategic Health Authority) was created in July 2006, following the merger of Birmingham and The Black Country, Shropshire and Staffordshire, and West Midlands South SHAs. It covered an area of approximately with a population of approximately 5.4 million. The region has a total of 46 NHS organisations: 19 hospital trusts (including nine NHS foundation trusts); six mental health trusts (including three foundation trusts); 17

primary care trust Primary care trusts (PCTs) were part of the National Health Service in England from 2001 to 2013. PCTs were largely administrative bodies, responsible for commissioning primary, community and secondary health services from providers. Until 31 May ...

s; three community provider trusts and one ambulance services trust. The strategic health authority was responsible for ensuring that the circa £10 billion spent on health and health care across the region delivers better services for patients and value for money for the people living in the West Midlands. The areas encompassed by the SHA were: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire. There are approximately 126,000 staff employed by the NHS in the West Midlands.

Full list of NHS organisations in the West Midlands

Primary care trusts

Primary care trust Primary care trusts (PCTs) were part of the National Health Service in England from 2001 to 2013. PCTs were largely administrative bodies, responsible for commissioning primary, community and secondary health services from providers. Until 31 May ...

s were abolished in April 2013. # Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust
NHS Coventry
(Coventry Teaching PCT) #Dudley PCT #Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT #Herefordshire PCT #NHS North Staffordshire (North Staffordshire PCT) #Sandwell PCT #Shropshire County PCT #Solihull PCT #NHS South Birmingham (South Birmingham PCT) #South Staffordshire PCT #Stoke On Trent PCT #Telford and Wrekin PCT #NHS Walsall (Walsall Teaching PCT) #NHS Warwickshire (Warwickshire PCT) #Wolverhampton City PCT #NHS Worcestershire (Worcestershire PCT)

Community provider organisations

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides a wide range of community health services across Birmingham and the West Midlands, England. It became an NHS Foundation Trust in March 2016. It planned to merge with Black Country Pa ...

# Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust # Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Acute trusts

Mental health trusts

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health care for people living in Birmingham and Solihull, England. It became a Foundation Trust in July 2008. Sue Davis CBE was appointed as the Chair for the Trust in N ...

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS TrustDudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS TrustNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
# Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Ambulance trusts

West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
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2006 establishments in England 2013 disestablishments in England West Midlands (region)