 It was confirmed in April 2008 that the Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust intended to merge with the North East Wales NHS Trust.Both trusts agreed to the merger, and approval from the health minister was given on 22 May 2008.The Trust was temporarily merged into the North Wales NHS Trust on 1 April 2009, and after further reconfiguration into a new organisation, combining all three NHS Trusts in North Wales called the Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board on 1 October 2009.