Local healthcare organisations

This page explains how to find the organisation responsible for providing healthcare in your area of the UK.

You might need to know this if you’re researching the local policies for your area. The local policies may tell you what services or funding you’re entitled to, like fertility preservation or speech and language therapy.

You also might need to know this because you want to make a complaint about an NHS service that they were responsible for, like a GP surgery, pharmacy, fertility service, or sexual health clinic.

If you’re looking to complain about your treatment at a hospital or an NHS gender clinic, these are usually run by different organisations.

Finding the right organisation

There are different types of local organisation responsible for providing healthcare depending on which UK nation you live in.

The organisations responsible for healthcare in local areas of Wales are called Health Boards.

If you’re registered with an NHS Wales GP, you can ask your GP surgery to tell you which Health Board you’re in.

You can also use this unofficial tool to find your Health Board from your postcode (where it says ‘ICB Name’).

Map of NHS Wales Health Boards

You can find the website and contact details of your Health Board on this list of NHS Wales Health Boards.

The organisations responsible for healthcare in local areas of England are called Integrated Care Boards (ICBs).

If you’re registered with an NHS GP, you can ask your GP surgery to tell you which ICB you’re in.

You can also use an unofficial tool to find your ICB from your postcode.

Map of NHS England ICBs

You can find the website and contact details of your ICB on the list of NHS England ICBs.

The organisations responsible for healthcare in local areas of Northern Ireland are called Health and Social Care Trusts.

If you’re registered with an HSC NI GP, you can ask your GP surgery to tell you which trust you’re in.

You can also use an unofficial tool to find your HSC Trust from your postcode (where it says ‘ICB Name’).

You can find a map of the HSC NI trusts on page 6 of this booklet.

You can find the website and contact details of your Trust on this list of HSC NI Trusts.

The organisations responsible for healthcare in local areas of Scotland are called Health Boards.

If you’re registered with an NHS Scotland GP, you can ask your GP surgery to tell you which Health Board you’re in.

You can also use this unofficial tool to find your Health Board from your postcode (where it says ‘ICB Name’).

Map of NHS Scotland Health Boards

You can find the website and contact details of your Health Board on this list of NHS Scotland Health Boards.