Hywel Dda University Health Board will be reviewing the future of hospitals within its boundaries with several options, including hospital closures, likely to be put out to consultation in the Spring.
During questions from Plaid Cymru Leader Leanne Wood in the Senedd the First Minister, Carwyn Jones stated his government had âno viewâ on the leaked proposals.
In a press conference today (Tuesday) Plaid Cymruâs Mid and West AM Simon Thomas said:
âThe Welsh NHS is crying out for leadership. Patients in Wales need their government to set out its vision for the future, unfortunately Carwyn Jones sees things differently. He has attempted to shift the emphasis on the health board rather than on the direction given to the Welsh NHS by his government.
âThe constant re-jigging of the health service in the west is just another example of a lack of leadership from the Labour administration in Cardiff Bay. The recent parliamentary review said nothing about hospital configuration
âThis is yet another re-organisation under Labour, how many more times will it happen with the justification of âsustainabilityâ used and everyone forgets about the last one? Why was the last one not sustainable?
âStrengthening community health services is important and Plaid Cymru supports that, however it is not the same thing as arguing for ward closures and the transfer of services further away from people.
âThe purpose of strengthening community health services should be to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, not to prevent necessary ones. We will need hospitals for the foreseeable future.
âWe need solutions on hospital services that recognises Wales has a rural/scattered population, rather than accepting a one size fits all urban model of healthcare which can be imposed on rural areas.
âThe justification for these changes is staff shortages, but we think the answer here is recruitment more medical staff, more doctors, more nurses not centralising services.â
Ad-drefnu gwasanaethau iechyd yn y gorllewin yn dangos diffyg arweinyddiaeth gan Lafur i GIG Cymru
Bydd Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda yn adolygu dyfodol ysbytai o fewn ei ffiniau gydaâr dewis o gau ysbytai yn saith oâr naw cynnig a fydd yn destun ymgynghori yn y Gwanwyn.
Yn ystod cwestiynau gan arweinydd Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood yn y Senedd, dywedodd Prif Weinidog, Carwyn Jones nad oedd gan ei lywodraeth âunrhyw farnâ am y cynigion a ryddhawyd yn answyddogol.
Mewn cynhadledd iâr wasg heddiw (Mawrth) dywedodd AC Plaid Cymru dros y Canolbarth aâr Gorllewin Simon Thomas:
âMae GIG Cymru yn crefu am arweinyddiaeth. Mae ar gleifion yng Nghymru angen iâw llywodraeth osod allan weledigaeth am y dyfodol; yn anffodus, mae Carwyn Jones yn gweld pethauân wahanol. Mae wedi ceisio symud y pwyslais at y bwrdd iechyd yn hytrach nac ar y cyfeiriad a roddir i GIG Cymru gan ei lywodraeth.
âMae ad-drefnu parhaus y gwasanaeth iechyd yn y gorllewin yn enghraifft arall eto fyth o ddiffyg arweinyddiaeth gan y weinyddiaeth Lafur ym Mae Caerdydd. Nid oedd yr adolygiad seneddol diweddar yn dweud dim am ail-gyflunio ysbytai.
âDyma ad-drefnu arall eto dan Lafur: sawl gwaith eto y bydd hyn yn digwydd gydaâr cyfiawnhad o âgynaliadwyeddâ yn cael ei ddefnyddio a phawb yn anghofio am yr un diwethaf? Pam nad oedd yr un diwethaf yn gynaliadwy?
âMae cryfhau gwasanaethau iechyd cymunedol yn bwysig, ac y mae Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi hynny; fodd bynnag, dyw hynny ddim yr un peth â dadlau dros gau wardiau a throsglwyddo gwasanaethau ymhellach i ffwrdd oddi wrth bobl.
âDylai cryfhau gwasanaethau iechyd cymunedol fod ââr nod o atal derbyn pobl yn ddiangen i ysbytai, nid atal derbyn pobl pan fydd angen. Bydd arnom angen ysbytai am y dyfodol rhagweladwy.
âRydym eisiau atebion am wasanaethau ysbytai sydd yn cydnabod fod gan Gymru boblogaeth wledig/wasgaredig, yn hytrach na derbyn model gofal iechyd trefol un-fath-i-bawb syân cael ei osod ar ardaloedd gwledig.
âPrinder staff ywâr cyfiawnhad dros y newidiadau hyn, ond yn ein barn ni, yr ateb yw recriwtio mwy o staff meddygol, mwy o nyrsys, nid canoli gwasanaethau.â
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