Can you provide me with data on the annual spending on contraceptive services by health boards in Wales, from 2013/14 to present? I work for the University of Liverpool and am looking into the relationship between local authority/public sector spending on contraceptive services and poverty, in Wales, England and Scotland.
The Annual Reports of the health boards (I have looked so far at Cardiff and Vale, Powys and Aneurin Bevan) do not include such a breakdown. Nor does the DHCW collect this data, but a colleague there suggested I contact you.
Thank you for your request dated 11th January 2024.
Public Health Wales does not hold this information.
Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. Therefore, do not have access to this information. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of other NHS Wales organisations and frequently do not have access to the data that they produce.
I have provided contact details for NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) and the health boards at the end of this response, as they may hold this information. You would need to contact them individually for this information.
NHS Shared Services Partnership
Making a Freedom of Information Request - NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/
Swansea Bay University Health Board
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/
Hywel Dda University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085
Powys Teaching Health Board
http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information
I am very sorry we are unable to help on this occasion.
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