Elin Jones MS and Ben Lake MP have called upon members of the Hywel Dda Health Board to keep the in-patient beds at Tregaron Hospital until a point that the Cylch Caron Integrated Health Care Centre is up and running.
The Board is expected to make its final decision on the future of the beds at Tregaron next Wednesday the 25th September.
Elin Jones MS said: “It was always expected that beds would remain in use at Tregaron hospital until the Cylch Caron project was up and running, and it is regrettable that there have been delays to the project. It will be hugely disappointing if the Health Board takes away the in-patient facility at Tregaron before the Cylch Caron project is in place. Tregaron is an important facility locally that enables patients who have been treated at Bronglais to have adequate care before they return home. There is also a palliative care bed in Tregaron, and as we have no residential hospice serving Ceredigion, this bed has been used by many over the years to have appropriate end of life care.”
Ben Lake MP said: “We understand that staffing and recruitment are the main drivers behind the Health Board’s decision, however we have become aware that there is room for more targeted recruitment to be done. I would urge the Health Board to improve its recruitment effort and delay any closure until Cylch Caron is open.”
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