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Betsi Cadwaladr and Hywel Dda NHS boards consult on shake-ups | Betsi Cadwaladr and Hywel Dda NHS boards consult on shake-ups |
(about 17 hours later) | |
Plans by two Welsh health boards to reorganise their services have been discussed at public meetings. | |
Betsi Cadwaladr in north Wales predicts a financial shortfall of £64.6m this year, while Hywel Dda in mid and west Wales faces a £12.8m financial gap. | Betsi Cadwaladr in north Wales predicts a financial shortfall of £64.6m this year, while Hywel Dda in mid and west Wales faces a £12.8m financial gap. |
Consultation meetings have been held on Tuesday in Flintshire and in Carmarthenshire respectively. | |
Six of Wales' seven local health boards are predicting a combined deficit of around £230m this financial year. | Six of Wales' seven local health boards are predicting a combined deficit of around £230m this financial year. |
The first in a series of local consultation meetings on Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board's plans to reorganise hospital services took place at the council chambers in Connah's Quay. | |
Meetings were scheduled to start at 14:00, 16:00 and 18:00 BST on Tuesday. | |
Under the board's plans, announced earlier this year, community hospitals at Flint and Blaenau Ffestiniog could close and minor injury accident departments may shut at others. | Under the board's plans, announced earlier this year, community hospitals at Flint and Blaenau Ffestiniog could close and minor injury accident departments may shut at others. |
Neo-natal intensive care may also be transferred over the border to England as part of the proposed shake-up. | Neo-natal intensive care may also be transferred over the border to England as part of the proposed shake-up. |
Hywel Dda's first meeting was scheduled for 19:00 BST at Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli. | |
In August the board, which provides healthcare to around 372,320 patients throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire, revealed its own reorganisation plans. | In August the board, which provides healthcare to around 372,320 patients throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire, revealed its own reorganisation plans. |
These include the centralisation of its services for sick and premature babies at Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen, a move which has prompted protests at Haverfordwest's Withybush Hospital. | These include the centralisation of its services for sick and premature babies at Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen, a move which has prompted protests at Haverfordwest's Withybush Hospital. |
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