Hywel Dda University Health Board provides healthcare for over 390,000 people in West Wales covering both Primary and Secondary care and has Clinical Research Centre facilities across the region. The Health Board’s positive research culture promotes collaboration between academics, clinicians and companies, ultimately improving services to its clinicians, partners and patients. The Board is home to a dedicated Research, Innovation and Value Based Healthcare department and the TriTech Institute and is part of “A Regional Collaboration for Health” (ARCH), a partnership with Swansea Bay University Health Board and Swansea University. ARCH is a unique collaboration project aimed at improving the health, wealth and wellbeing of southwest Wales.
