Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:00 pm on 1 November 2016.
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Yesterday, I announced the full business case for the specialist and critical care centre, otherwise known as the SCCC, at Llanfrechfa Grange and the release of capital funding of approximately £350 million. The hospital is expected to open in 2022. This is good news for over 600,000 people served by Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board and, indeed, other populations in the surrounding area who will have services from this new hospital. It marks the next stage in the implementation of the Clinical Futures strategy. Members will recall, of course, the substantial investment made at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr and Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan, which opened in 2010 and 2011 respectively.