Central & South Denbighshire cluster comprises of 8 General Practices with a practice population of 41,894. Within the cluster there are 3 training practices. This cluster is semi rural covering a wide geographical area.
General Practices in Central and South Denbighshire
Beech House Surgery
Berllan Surgery
Bronyffynnon Surgery
Middle Lane Surgery
Pen-y-Bont Surgery
Plas Meddyg
The Clinic (Ruthin)
The Health Centre (Corwen)
Within the Central Area of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board region there are 4 Clusters covering the counties of Conwy and Denbighshire.
BCUHB Cluster Population Health Directory
The North Wales Population Health Directory (NWPHD) focuses on the public health priorities and provides information on population health need at different geographical levels (including at Central and South Denbighshire Cluster level) to NHS staff for planning purposes. The directory is on the Public Health Wales website.
Central & Area Key Contacts
Clare Darlinton; Assistant Area Director of Primary Care (Central)
Dr Liz Bowen, Area Medical Director, Primary Care (interim)
Jodie Berrington Senior Cluster Co-ordinator (Central)
Central and Area Cluster Leads
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Dr Jonathan Williamson |
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Conwy West |
Geraint Davies |
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North Denbighshire |
Dr Jane Bellamy and Dr Clare Corbett |
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Central and South Denbighshire |
Dr Matthew Davies |
Each Cluster is allocated funding to support cluster priorities in line with Welsh Government priorities to improve access and equity of access or to improve the skill mix within primary care, not least to promote the prudent use of resources.
Central/South Denbighshire Cluster IMTP 2020-2023
The cluster is working with public health colleagues supporting the Food Wise Campaign contributing to the Obesity Agenda. This work is in support of the Health Boards development of Adult Tier 1 and 2 obesity services, ensuring a defined pathway of care and appropriate follow up for weight management
Central and South Denbighshire Cluster Action Plan 2016-17
The ANP serving the cluster’s care home patients is now well established and working well. This service is reducing the impact on Primary Care, reducing unscheduled admissions to hospital and also contributing to enabling patients to have end of life care in their place of choice. The ANP will also being to support the roll out of Treatment Escalation Plans to further contribute to end of life care for the patients of the cluster. An evaluation of this service will be carried out this year to provide evidence of the benefits gained since the service began.
Information screens have now been installed in all practices across the cluster, the screens promote the Social Prescribing Agenda by providing key health and social care information and the ability to navigate patients to appropriate services
Funding priorities for 17/18
This is an eLearning package that covers all aspects of operational practice business
The cluster are taking part in joint training sessions learning how to navigate patients to appropriate services.
The cluster are focusing on the delivery and development of plans as well as evaluating long standing schemes such as the ANP (Advanced Nurse Practitioner) for nursing homes
Cluster lead update 13/09/2021