I totally understand and agree with that. When moving services or closing hospital services, there need to be services in place before other services are closed. I think the point I’m trying to make is that we shouldn’t use the closure of community hospitals, and oppose the closure of community hospitals, just because the community wants to oppose that, because I think everybody wants to keep what they have. I think sometimes we have to look at the bigger picture, and that’s really the point that I was making.

So, I will be supporting the amendment from the Welsh Government that recognises the role that community hospitals may have in a wider capacity, but crucially recognises the significance of the £60 million integrated care fund and the £40 million fund to develop integrated health and social care centres, at the heart of which may or may not be community hospitals.