Your Services

NHS Worcestershire began on 1st October 2006 after evolving from the merger of three organisations: Redditch and Bromsgrove, South Worcestershire and Wyre Forest.

Our key responsibilities are:

• maintaining and improving the health of the local population
• commissioning primary, secondary and tertiary services
• developing primary care

NHS Worcestershire's responsibility is to ensure that we keep the county's 553,000 residents healthy and ensure you receive the highest quality medical treatment when you are ill.

Services are 'commissioned' or purchased by NHS Worcestershire from local health bodies such as Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (which runs Worcestershire Royal Hospital, the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, and Kidderminster Hospital) and West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust. In addition, contracts are placed within the county with 67 GP practices, 91 pharmacies, 68 dental practices, five dental access centres, and 65 opticians premises from which 144 opticians operate.

Last updated on 25 April 2012