Editing Wales (section)

==Healthcare==
{{Main|Healthcare in Wales}}
[[File:University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park - Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 1736088.jpg|thumb|[[University Hospital of Wales]], Cardiff]]
Public healthcare in Wales is provided by [[NHS Wales]] ({{lang|cy|GIG Cymru}}), through [[List of NHS Wales trusts and health boards|seven local health boards and three all-Wales trusts]]. It was originally formed as part of the NHS structure for England and Wales by the [[National Health Service Act 1946]], but with powers over the NHS in Wales coming under the Secretary of State for Wales in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/historycontext/1960s |title=health in Wales – 1960s |publisher=[[NHS Wales]] |access-date=8 September 2010 |website=[[NHS Wales]] website|date=23 October 2006 }}</ref> Responsibility for NHS Wales passed to the Welsh Assembly under devolution in 1999, and is now the responsibility of the [[Minister for Health and Social Services]].<ref name="WHS 2009">{{cite web|title=Edwina Hart MBE AM|url=http://wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetm/edwinahart;jsessionid=QJJfMMhBDBQpMsbkHp2J50txLztJBrC2xfT9NzQxGrm245RLn6Th!82924164?lang=en|publisher=[[Welsh Government]]|access-date=12 September 2010|website=[[Welsh Government]] website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113053257/http://wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetm/edwinahart;jsessionid=QJJfMMhBDBQpMsbkHp2J50txLztJBrC2xfT9NzQxGrm245RLn6Th!82924164?lang=en|archive-date=13 January 2012}}</ref> Historically, Wales was served by smaller 'cottage' hospitals, built as voluntary institutions.<ref name="Davies361">Davies (2008), p.361</ref> As newer, more expensive, diagnostic techniques and treatments became available, clinical work has been concentrated in newer, larger district hospitals.<ref name="Davies361"/> In 2006, there were seventeen district hospitals in Wales.<ref name="Davies361"/> NHS Wales directly employs over 90,000 staff, making it Wales's biggest employer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Staff directly employed by the NHS: as at 30 June 2022 |url=https://gov.wales/staff-directly-employed-nhs-30-june-2022 |access-date=3 December 2022 |website=GOV.WALES |date=23 November 2022 }}</ref> The National Survey for Wales in 2021–22 reported that 72 per cent of adults surveyed had good or very good general health, 19 per cent had fair general health and 8 had bad or very bad general health.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adult general health and illness – additional variables, 2020–21 onwards |url=https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/National-Survey-for-Wales/Population-Health/Adult-general-health-and-illness/generalhealthandillness-additional-by-year |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=statswales.gov.wales}}</ref> The survey recorded that 46 per cent of Welsh adults had a long-standing illness, such as arthritis, asthma, diabetes or heart disease.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adult general health and illness (National survey for Wales): April 2021 to March 2022 |url=https://www.gov.wales/adult-general-health-and-illness-national-survey-wales-april-2021-march-2022 |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=GOV.WALES |date=3 August 2022 }}</ref> The survey also reported that 13 per cent of the adult population were [[smoking|smokers]], 16 per cent admitted drinking alcohol above weekly recommended guidelines, while 56 per cent undertook the recommended 150 minutes of physical activity each week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adult lifestyles – additional variables, 2020–21 onwards |url=https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/National-Survey-for-Wales/Population-Health/Adult-Lifestyles/adultlifestyles-additional-from-202021 |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=statswales.gov.wales}}</ref> According to the survey, 30 per cent of adults in Wales reported to have eaten at least 5 portions of fruit or vegetables the previous day and 36 per cent reported a healthy weight.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adult lifestyle (National Survey for Wales): April 2021 to March 2022 |url=https://www.gov.wales/adult-lifestyle-national-survey-wales-april-2021-march-2022 |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=GOV.WALES |date=19 July 2022 }}</ref>