Halt any loss of beds, facilities and Community Hospital closures in Powys review of rural healthcare
Open for signatures until 22 March 2027.
10,403 signatures
- More than 250 signatures: considered by the Petitions CommitteeReached
- More than 10,000 signatures: considered for a debate in the SeneddReached
Closing all but 60 of our GP led community hospital beds in Powys, which has no general hospital or hospice, is not the way to provide care. Rural healthcare needs a radical rethink, not cuts.
I call on the Senedd and the Health Minister to instigate a full inquiry and debate on rural healthcare provision and delivery and to ensure that there is no change in the number of beds, services, or hospitals in Powys before this is undertaken. We always need to plan for the future in health and social care. Prevention is better than a cure and we all want care closer to home, to live independently in our own homes and to get emergency and general hospital care when we need it.
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Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) is in financial trouble https://herald.wales/mid-wales/powys/powys-health-board-records-33m-deficit-despite-delivering-savings-targets/.
Whilst prevention will help reduce costs in the long run, PTHB's short term solution seems to be to reduce to just 60 beds in Powys and to close Community Hospitals https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9w0jj2lgn4o.
There is not a district general hospital in Powys. In this context closing existing local services means more travel, unattended appointments, worsening health, more emergency admissions, more NHS cost and poorer population health We need a radical rethink of rural healthcare and no more "slash and burn" to meet financial targets. Our health comes first!
The "Better Together" summary is below https://pthb.nhs.wales/about-us/better-together/
Signatures by constituency
The Senedd's petitions website lists 9,856 of the 10,403 signatures under a Senedd constituency.
| Constituency | Signatures |
|---|---|
| Gwynedd Maldwyn | 5,874 |
| Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd | 3,255 |
| Ceredigion Penfro | 331 |
| Sir Gaerfyrddin | 85 |
| Gŵyr Abertawe | 45 |
| Sir Fynwy Torfaen | 38 |
| Caerdydd Penarth |