 The Trust was named in the 'Top 40 Hospitals' in the UK for the fifth year running in 2006, a title conferred by CHKS.The Trust formed on 1 April 1999, through a merger of the "Glan Clwyd District General Hospital NHS Trust" with parts of the "Clwydian Community Care NHS Trust" (the other half being absorbed by the North East Wales NHS Trust, and part of the "Gwynedd Community Health Trust" (the other parts forming the North West Wales NHS Trust.The Trust served the population of central North Wales, across Conwy county borough and Denbighshire.