P-04-431 : Against Health Cuts from the Residents of Pembrokeshire
P-04-431 : Against Health Cuts from the Residents of Pembrokeshire
This
petition was submitted by SWAT (Save Withybush Action Team). An
associated petition collected approximately 14,000 signatures. Of these 14,000
signatures, over 10,000 signatures were collected for a petition which specifically
called for the Special Care Baby Unit at Withybush to be saved, and 4,000
signatures for petitions which called for all services at Withybush to be
protected.
Petition wording:
SWAT (Save Withybush Action Team) have fought for the
retention of safe,effective and accessible secondary health care services for
the
people of Pembrokeshire since 2005.
On behalf of SWAT I call
upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to ensure
that the plans for Secondary Healthcare provision currently being consulted on
in the Hywel Dda Health Board area will maintain the present level of services
available at Withybush Hospital. The
14000 signatories on the petitions delivered to your office by SWAT do not
agree with the preferred option of the Hywel Dda health Board to centralize
most inpatient services on the Glangwili site.
It is quite clear to the people of Pembrokeshire and elsewhere who have
signed these petitions that if centralization of services is required then
Withybush should be the preferred site.
This would provide an equitable, accessible, safe and sustainable
Secondary Healthcare service for the whole of the Hywel Dda Health Board area
whereas centralizing services on the Glangwili site would seriously
disadvantage the people of Pembrokeshire.
Status
This
petition was considered completed by the Petitions
Committee
at its meeting on 04/04/2017.
The
Committee agreed to close petition due to the length of time that has elapsed
since contact was last received from the petitioners.
Full
details of the consideration of this petitions by the committee and related
documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.
It
was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 06/11/2012.
Assembly Constituency and
Region
- Preseli Pembrokeshire
- Mid and West Wales
Further information
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
First published: 12/04/2017