They were urgently bought in preparation for a feared wave of Covid patients needing treatment in the Swansea Bay area. But while hospitals struggled to cope with immense pressures during the pandemic, the single beds and mattresses set-up ready at field hospitals in the region were, thankfully, not required.
Now a health board is set to find a better home for the beds. They will be given free of charge to families in need and people who have been homeless, or who may be struggling to afford something soft to sleep on. The beds will also be offered to refugees, including people arriving in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot from Ukraine. A matching service has recently been created, connecting British households and Ukrainians seeking asylum, by a former refugee living in Swansea. You can read more about that by clicking here.
Swansea Bay University Health Board has said it is working with local partnership agencies to help identify families and refugees in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot who could benefit from the 595 beds it has to donate.
