Plans for a £1bn-plus shake-up of healthcare in west Wales have moved a step closer with the launch of a consultation asking members of the public to help decide which one of three potential locations will be the site of a new hospital. The proposals to totally transform how healthcare is provided across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire were first unveiled in 2018.
Central to the plans is the construction of a new urgent and planned care hospital complete with an A&E department. A number of potential locations were discounted last year, leaving three sites - all located near the towns of Whitland and St Clears at the western end of Carmarthenshire - in the running to become the home of the new hospital. You can keep up to date with the latest Carmarthenshire news by signing up to the local newsletter here.
Despite fears that either or both Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest could close as part of the shake-up, Hywel Dda bosses have always stressed that this would not be the case. However, under the plans, both sites would be repurposed and become community hospitals, while Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth and Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli would remain largely the same.
