Liberal Democrats Vow Fight over Hospital Plans as Beds Face Axe
Health chiefs say the plans would cut beds from 146 to 60 or 90 and expand community care, urgent treatment and mental health services.
- Powys Teaching Health Board will meet on Wednesday, September 16, to decide whether controversial plans for community hospital services should proceed to public consultation.
- The health board's 'Better Together' programme aims to address an ageing population and recruitment difficulties by shifting care to community settings, with Executive Medical Director Kate Wright stating that 'Harm from prolonged hospital stays has become well evidenced.'
- Proposals include reducing total beds from 146 to 60 at Newtown and Brecon, or alternatively to 90 by keeping Llandrindod, while removing all 49 physical health inpatient beds from other sites.
- Around 500 residents attended a protest at Llanidloes Community Centre, where councillors Glyn Preston and Fleur Frantz-Morgans said residents feel 'angry, betrayed and completely ignored' by the proposed cuts.
- The Welsh Liberal Democrats are calling on Welsh Health Minister Mabon ap Gwynfor to intervene, claiming the consultation is a 'sham' because most options were removed before it began.
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Every option on the table moves Ystradgynlais hospital's beds, minor injuries unit and X-ray out of the town
Powys Teaching Health Board's Better Together papers propose cutting the county's community hospital beds from 146 to 90 or 60, with Ystradgynlais keeping none, and its mental health ward moving to the Brecon area. The Lib Dems call the consultation a 'sham'; the board says nothing has been decided.
Health board plans could see community hospital beds cut from 146 to as few as 60
Mark Mansfield A health board could reduce the number of community hospital beds from 146 to as few as 60 under options for a major shake-up of health services. New Powys Teaching Health Board papers reveal physical health inpatient beds could be concentrated at either three hospitals – Brecon, Llandrindod Wells and Newtown – or […]
The number of inpatient beds in community hospitals in Powys could fall from 146 to as few as 60 under new proposals from Powys Teaching Health Board. According to papers to go before the Health Board, two options are being considered for the future of inpatient physical health services in the county.
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