<p>Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:43 pm on 4 October 2016.

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Photo of Leanne Wood Leanne Wood Plaid Cymru 1:43, 4 October 2016

Just to be clear, First Minister, it’s your Government that will sign off the final decision on this, and we already have an excellent service, and it’s located in Ysbyty Gwynedd. Now, when the Royal Glamorgan Hospital lost its vascular surgery service, other services there became unviable. Now, clinicians have raised serious concerns with me about the safety of imposing urban models of healthcare upon rural areas, and your Government is imposing a one-size-fits-all model right throughout the country. If Ysbyty Gwynedd loses its vascular surgery, it’ll make the medical school in Bangor, which we want, much less viable. It’ll also mean that people from Ynys Môn, Pen Llŷn and other places, travelling far too long for vital limb or life-saving surgery. Will you therefore commit today, First Minister, to protecting the world-class vascular service at Ysbyty Gwynedd?