Commenting on the news that Hywel Dda Health Board has this afternoon announced the closure of three wards at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest, Welsh Conservative MS for Preseli Pembrokeshire, Paul Davies:
“It’s of critical importance that survey work is done quickly and I hope that Hywel Dda University Health Board is doing everything possible to make sure that happens.”
“The Labour Government also has an important role to play in supporting the Health Board and ensuring it has the support and resources it needs to understand the scale of the problem.
“Given the seriousness of the situation and the impact it will have on the delivery of services in Pembrokeshire, I will be writing to the Health Minister to ensure the Welsh Government provides the Health Board with the support that it will need.”
“Remedial work needs to take place as soon as possible so that services continue at Withybush hospital.”
Also commenting, Shadow Welsh Conservative Health Minister, Russell George MS added:
“All aspects of health are devolved in Wales, including hospital maintenance. Moving patients around the health board is only going to increase waiting times.
“With the problem expected to be more severe than outlined, Labour must invest in our hospitals that have been neglected and left in last century - Welsh NHS as a whole is stuck in the past with no digital prescriptions, no NHS app and still using fax machines.
“Labour have imposed real terms cuts to the health service here in Wales, the only government in the UK to do this, not once, but twice. Let’s scrap Labour’s plans for more politicians and fund our Welsh NHS instead.”