# The Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2009, Article 3: Nature and functions of the trust

Extent: E+W

(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 18(1) of the Act.
(2) The trust’s functions are:
(a) to provide to or in relation to the health service in Wales and manage a range of public health, health protection, healthcare improvement, health advisory, child protection and microbiological laboratory services and services relating to the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases;
(b) to develop and maintain arrangements for making information about matters related to the protection and improvement of health in Wales available to the public in Wales; to undertake and commission research into such matters and to contribute to the provision and development of training in such matters;
(c) to undertake the systematic collection, analysis and dissemination of information about the health of the people of Wales in particular including cancer incidence, mortality and survival; and prevalence of congenital anomalies; and
(d) to provide, manage, monitor, evaluate and conduct research into screening of health conditions and screening of health related matters.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2009/2058/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-2009/article-3
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