Following Hywel Dda Health Board’s decision this morning to downgrade emergency general surgery at Withybush Hospital, Plaid Cymru Candidate Kerry Ferguson calls on the Health Board to reconsider.

The Health Board voted to downgrade the current full emergency general surgery service at Withybush Hospital - including surgical operations, to not providing any emergency general surgery at the hospital, and to instead strengthen the Same Day Emergency Care.

Kerry Ferguson, Plaid Cymru Senedd election candidate for Pembrokeshire said: “We are so disappointed with the Health Board’s decision to remove the current emergency general services from Withybush. Whilst the Board has committed to maintaining and strengthening Same Day Emergency Care, residents of west Pembrokeshire will still face at least an hour's journey to receive emergency operations or significant treatment.

“Residents in Pembrokeshire are rightly worried and anxious about the services Withybush might lose, and losing their emergency general services is a huge blow.

I call on the Health Board to urgently reconsider their decision, and to take into account the risks and impact that implementing option A will have on residents of Pembrokeshire.”