Cardiff's leading health partners unite to improve benefits for patients

1 December 2025

Three of Cardiff’s leading health partners are joining forces to create a new unique partnership designed to improve health outcomes, drive innovation, and create lasting benefits for patients.  

Cardiff Health Partners (CHP) will see Cardiff University, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Velindre University NHS Trust come together formally to strengthen healthcare delivery, foster research excellence, economic growth, and social wellbeing across the capital and wider South East Wales region. 

The new partnership is expected to contribute at least £840 million to the economy over the next decade and create thousands of skilled jobs in life sciences.  

It will also open up new opportunities for colleagues to collaborate across research, clinical care and education, access cutting-edge projects that directly improve patient outcomes, and develop new skills that drive innovation benefiting patients, communities and the wider population across Wales and beyond.