http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/233/article/2/madeThe Digital Health and Care Wales (Transfer of Staff, Property, Rights and Liabilities) Order 2021enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2023-07-25NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALESA Special Health Authority, Digital Health and Care Wales (“DHCW”) has been established under section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006. DHCW’s functions will relate to the provision of digital platforms, systems and services and supporting the improvement of such systems. To date, a number of these functions have been exercised by the National Health Service Wales Informatics Service (“NWIS”). NWIS forms part of the shared services hosted by Velindre University National Health Service Trust (“Velindre University NHS Trust”).
Interpretation2.

In this Order—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

“DHCW” (“IGDC”) means Digital Health and Care Wales established by article 2 of the Digital Health and Care Wales (Establishment and Membership) Order 2020

S.I. 2020/1451 (W. 313).

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“NWIS” (“GGGC”) means the National Health Service Wales Informatics Service in Velindre University NHS Trust;

“NWIS’s functions” (“swyddogaethau GGGC”) means managing and providing to, or in relation to, the health service in Wales, a range of information technology systems and associated support and consultancy services, desktop services, web development, telecommunications services, and healthcare information services;

“the transfer date” (“y dyddiad trosglwyddo”) means 1 April 2021;

“Velindre University NHS Trust” (“Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Prifysgol Felindre”) means the NHS Trust established by the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/2838, amended by S.I. 1999/826, S.I. 2002/442 (W. 57), S.I. 2002/2199 (W. 219), S.I. 2009/2059 (W. 178), S.I. 2012/1262 (W. 157), S.I. 2017/912 (W. 223), and S.I. 2018/887 (W. 176).

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