Senedd Member Paul Davies has raised the future of St David’s surgery in the Senedd Chamber and called on the First Minister to join him in standing up for the local community. Mr Davies explained that around 3000 patients are going to be dispersed to practices further afield under the Health Board’s current plans, including elderly patients and those with limited travel options. Mr Davies then asked the First Minister, who is also the Regional Member for Mid and West Wales, to intervene on behalf of the local community, challenge the local Health Board and help ensure residents can continue to receive GP services in their local community in the future.
Mr Davies said, “It’s wholly unacceptable that residents living in St David’s will have to travel further for vital GP services and so I’m calling on the Welsh Government to use its powers and intervene before it’s too late. The local community is rightly upset and frustrated and it’s vital that the Health Board’s decision is challenged and a better way of delivering primary care services in the area is found.”
“If these plans go ahead, a Welsh city will lose its GP service on this First Minister’s watch and I wanted to give the First Minister the opportunity to work together on behalf of the people of St Davids. There should be no stone left unturned in trying to ensure GP services can still be delivered in St David’s and it was disappointing that the First Minister was not willing to work together on the community’s behalf.”
You can find the plenary exchange between Paul Davies and the First Minister here - https://record.senedd.wales/Plenary/14105#A90361 (from paragraph 87)
