Local Assembly Member Paul Davies has responded critically to reports that yet again Withybush Hospital will see services reduced.

Commenting on the reports that the Midwife-Led Unit at Withybush Hospital will change from a 24-hour service to a daytime only service, Paul Davies said “If this is true then this is just another example of services at Withybush Hospital being downgraded. It will be yet another blow to the people of Pembrokeshire who have consistently opposed services being eroded at Withybush Hospital.”

“If this takes place then it will put children’s and mothers’ lives at risk which is scandalous. The Hywel Dda University Health Board need to think again about any suggestion that services will be reduced at Withybush Hospital. In addition, the Welsh Government, who are ultimately responsible for health services in Wales, need to start standing up for the people of Pembrokeshire because they cannot continue to sit idly by as services continue to disappear from our hospital.”