P-04-564 Restoration of Inpatient Beds, Minor Injuries Cover and X-Ray Unit to the Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 17/04/2018.

Members considered responses to the Committee’s summary report on its consideration of the petition to date and agreed to close the petition, in view of its conclusion that the outstanding issues are best addressed through the local scrutiny processes that are ongoing.  In doing so, Members wished to thank the petitioner for his time and diligence throughout the Committee’s consideration of this matter.

Text of Petition

Until the Health Minister has had time to consider Prof Marcus Longley’s recommendations on rural healthcare in Wales - a study that was commissioned by the Minister himself in January of this year - we, the undersigned, call on the National Assembly of Wales to urge the Welsh Labour Government to delay decision on Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s Business Case aimed at downgrading our Memorial Hospital to a mere ‘Memorial Centre’.

Petition raised by:  Geraint Vaughn Jones

Date Petition first considered by Committee: 17 June 2014

Number of signatures : 2,754

The Committee has published a summary of its consideration (550KB) of the petition (22 January 2018)