Plaid Councillor Dyfrig Thomas said: “The people of Llanelli are horrified to receive the news that Prince Philip Hospital may lose its Accident and Emergency Unit. Under the present climate this may not have come as a complete surprise. However this will not only cause inconvenience and delay in treatment, it could very well lead to tragic loss of lives.”
It was only last April during the Assembly Election campaign that Keith Davies our current Assembly Member and the Labour Party were accusing Plaid of baseless allegations and scaremongering when Plaid Cymru warned the electorate that the A & E services were under threat.
Cllr Thomas continued “The Labour Health and Social Services Minister, Lesley Griffiths, has said clearly that she runs the NHS in Wales and that the buck stops with her. That is a clear line of national accountability. Whilst it may suit local Labour politicians in this instance, to divert responsibility from the Assembly, there is no doubt that it is with the Labour Government of Wales that the ultimate responsibility lies.”
In 2007 Plaid’s Helen Mary Jones played a leading role in ensuring that the Accident and Emergency services at Prince Philip Hospital would be retained as a condition of the One Wales agreement between Labour and Plaid. That coalition proved to be very successful over the four year term of the last Welsh Government. Now left to their own devices the Labour Party in Cardiff Bay are putting our A & E services under threat again.
Thursday 22 December 2011
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Plans to cut Accident and Emergency services at Prince Philip Hospital
Former Llanelli AM Helen Mary Jones has expressed her shock that accident and emergency at Llanelli's Prince Philip Hospital are likely to be axed under plans to reorganise health services in west Wales.
Hywel Dda Health Board is looking at three options for the delivery of emergency care across the region and none of which include an Accident and Emergency department at Prince Philip Hospital.
Local health campaigner and former Llanelli AM Helen Mary Jones said: "I'm shocked to hear the news that Llanelli could lose Accident and Emergency services at Prince Philip. It saddens me particularly when the people of Llanelli were promised that all services would be retained by Labour politicians during May's election campaign. When Plaid was in power we ensured that as part of the agreement with the Labour party we would maintain Accident and Emergency services at Prince Philip. Plaid ensured that investment came to Llanelli and it was during our period of government people saw the opening of a £6.6m breast care unit. Now Labour are a minority government they have given the green light to downgrading hospital services."
Hywel Dda Health Board is looking at three options for the delivery of emergency care across the region and none of which include an Accident and Emergency department at Prince Philip Hospital.
Local health campaigner and former Llanelli AM Helen Mary Jones said: "I'm shocked to hear the news that Llanelli could lose Accident and Emergency services at Prince Philip. It saddens me particularly when the people of Llanelli were promised that all services would be retained by Labour politicians during May's election campaign. When Plaid was in power we ensured that as part of the agreement with the Labour party we would maintain Accident and Emergency services at Prince Philip. Plaid ensured that investment came to Llanelli and it was during our period of government people saw the opening of a £6.6m breast care unit. Now Labour are a minority government they have given the green light to downgrading hospital services."
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