A Member of the Senedd who represents Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire has criticized a recent decision by the Welsh Government to de-escalate Hywel Dda Health Board’s status from level 4 to level 3 monitoring, saying that emails he receives from constituents “contradict” the shift.
The point was raised by Cefin Campbell, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for Mid and West Wales, during First Minister’s Questions in the Senedd today (Tuesday, 25 March).
Last week, Jeremy Miles, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care announced that Hywel Dda Health Board will de-escalate from level 4 to level 3 monitoring, partly as a result of improvements to mental health services.
Despite the new designation, it was announced only hours later that provision for non-emergency mental health cases would end in the north of Ceredigion.
Mr. Campbell MS said:
“There is no doubt what the main issue facing electors in Mid and West Wales is – my inbox is full, every week, with messages from people on waiting lists for all kinds of conditions.
“A large number of these e-mails contradict the good news story that your government is trying to tell. These are the people that must face the board’s failures every day.
“Of course, this is only a microcosm of the wider problem of sky-high waiting lists across Mid and West Wales, and indeed the rest of Wales, too.”
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