A PETITION set up to ensure a debate in the Senedd about the future of Withybush General Hospital in Haverfordwest is just 441 signatures away from the 10,000 needed.
You can find the petition HERE.
Under plans unveiled by Hywel Dda, Withybush would be ‘repurposed’ into a community hospital with a 24/7 urgent care centre led by GPs which would only be capable of dealing with minor injuries like upper body injuries, infections, head injuries, illnesses, animal or insect bites, some broken bones, minor burns and eye injuries.
The campaign to Save Withybush, which held a protest outside the hospital last month, is run by Jaqueline Doig, who said: “Moving care out of county puts adults & children at risk of poor outcomes or even death. It wastes crucial time, when time is not on our side.”
“[Hywel Dda University Health Board] may infer that the “Golden Hour” is no longer relevant, with better equipped ambulances & higher trained staff, but that is dependent on an ambulance being available to help & give that immediate care.
“That is increasingly not the case, as ambulances fail to attend, as they are being sent out of county, unable to offload and unable to return to county, to give the help needed.”
“We have lost faith & trust in HDUHB and do not believe that they are working in the best interests of Pembrokeshire.”
