 In 2018–2019, the country had 468,398 pupils taught by 23,593 full-time equivalent teachers.Public healthcare in Wales is provided by NHS Wales (), which was originally formed as part of the NHS structure for England and Wales created by the National Health Service Act 1946, but with powers over the NHS in Wales coming under the Secretary of State for Wales in 1969.In turn, responsibility for NHS Wales was passed to the Cardiff Bay under devolution in 1999, and is now the responsibility of the Minister for Health and Social Services.