PONTYATES: Health board agrees to explore independent GPs for Meddygfa’r Sarn in major U-turn — as campaigners say closure should never have been on the table

PONTYATES: Health board agrees to explore independent GPs for Meddygfa’r Sarn in major U-turn — as campaigners say closure should never have been on the table

The campaign to save Meddygfa’r Sarn has won its biggest victory yet. At its meeting on Thursday, Hywel Dda University Health Board agreed to explore whether a new or existing GP provider could take over the running of the Pontyates surgery — rather than closing it and dispersing patients to neighbouring practices. It is a major shift from the position the board took in January, when closure was put forward as the recommended way forward. The bo…