Local Assembly Member Paul Davies has handed over a petition to see full-time paediatrics re-established at Withybush hospital, to the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary, Peter Greening. Mr Davies, along with Regional Assembly Member Simon Thomas, handed in the petition which had been coordinated across Pembrokeshire and gathered over 20,000 signatures.

Mr Davies said, “It was a privilege to hand over this important petition to the Welsh Government and stress that the people of Pembrokeshire will continue to fight to restore local services. The message is overwhelmingly clear – full time paediatrics must be re-established at Withybush hospital.”

He added, “I’d like to pay tribute to Myles Bamford Lewis for organising the petition and to the thousands of people who signed it. I believe that by working together, we send a stronger message to the Welsh Government and I sincerely hope that the Welsh Government fully recognises not only the strength of feeling on this issue, but that we will simply not give up until our services are returned.”