Artificial Limb & Appliance Service
The Artificial Limb & Appliance Service (ALAS) is an NHS Wales organisation providing support, equipment and rehabilitation to people with permanent or long-term impairment. It is commissioned by Health Commission Wales (an executive agency of the Welsh Assembly Government), and is provided through a consortium arrangement between three NHS Wales trusts, each hosting one centre (ALAC). The centres are situated in:
- Cardiff at Rookwood Hospital (part of the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board)
- Swansea at Morriston Hospital (part of the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board)
- Wrexham at Maelor Hospital (part of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board)