The challenges faced by the Paul Sartori Foundation in providing hospice at home care throughout Pembrokeshire have been outlined to the shadow health minister Jonathan Morgan.

Mr Morgan spent a day in the county as the guest of local Conservative Assembly Member Paul Davies and visited the charity's headquarters in Haverfordwest.

They met with hospice director Lorna John and matron Sophie Thomas who outlined the way the organisation works and how it is funded.

"I was given some powerful messages to take back to the Welsh Assembly," said Mr Morgan.

The Foundation provides 16,000 hours of nursing care a year to terminally ill people in Pembrokeshire at a cost of £2,000 a day. But the hospice only receives 15 per cent of its funding from the NHS.

"You are providing a service that if you didn't provide then the state would have to," said Mr Morgan. "You are saving the NHS enormous sums of money."

Preseli Pembrokeshire AM Paul Davies said: "I've supported the Paul Sartori Foundation for some time now and I particularly wanted Jonathan to hear about the unique services it provides.

"There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to providing hospice care and it was important that he saw how things are done down here and what needs the Foundation has.

"We both assured the team at the charity that as the official opposition we will push the need for core funding for hospices in the Senedd."

Mr Morgan was also taken to the Winch Lane GP surgery in Haverfordwest and Withybush Hospital during the day.