From his comments in the Star last week (18/5/11) our new A.M. has some very ambitious plans indeed.
Apparently he will judge his success as Llanelli’s A.M at the end of this term by Prince Phillip Hospital being expanded, and by an increase in the number of care homes in Llanelli.
Now it is Carmarthenshire County Council that will decide the future of care homes, and not the Assembly. (one assumes he is referring to local authority care homes, as he claims to be a socialist). Perhaps Mr Davies should be reminded that six of Labour County Councillors voted for closure of Caemaen and st Paul’s, and only three voted against. In the unlikely event of Labour winning control at next year’s local election, and knowing their past track record Mr Davies’ pipedream of expanding local authority care homes is just that – a pipedream.
In the same edition of the Star there is a report that a £9 million clinical decision unit (CDU) is planned for Carmarthen. The development is awaiting approval from the Labour Assembly Government. We await the Health Minister’s decision with interest. We may very well be able to judge our new A. M.’s broken promises earlier than he thought.
