Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is a special health authority within NHS Wales which, on 1st October 2018, brought together three key organisations for health - the Wales Deanery, NHS Wales’ Workforce Education and Development Services (WEDS), and the Wales Centre for Pharmacy Professional Education (WCPPE).
Sitting alongside health boards and trusts, HEIW has a leading role in the education, training, development and shaping of the healthcare workforce in Wales. Its key functions include education and training, workforce development and modernisation, leadership development, strategic workforce planning, workforce intelligence, careers, and widening access.
Trainee Doctors and Dentists named BEST in Wales
Welsh trainee doctors and dentists were honoured by the Wales Deanery at an event on Thursday 22nd February in City Hall, Cardiff.
Future Doctors and Dentists – Come and Train in Wales
A new campaign to promote Wales as an excellent place for doctors and dentist to train has been launched by the Wales Deanery, taking action to...
HEIW Education Contract
HEIW (formerly the Wales Deanery) implemented 38 new Education Contracts in August 2017 to sit alongside the 9 contracts already in existence. As a...
Our Specialties
Running over 50 specialty training programmes, we take pride in providing excellence and innovation in medical and dental postgraduate training to ensure quality care and patient safety in Wales.
We're here to help...
HEIW takes pride in fostering an inclusive and supportive culture for both its staff and its trainees. We have comprehensive processes for dealing with doctors in difficulty, the overall satisfaction of trainees in Wales is the best in the UK, and many training concerns are resolved before impact on patient safety, as a result of our risk based and escalated approach to trainee concerns and our visiting process.
Latest events
There are currently no events.
Latest news
