Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services — Postponed from 8 November – in the Senedd at 2:54 pm on 15 November 2017.
Thank you for your answer on that. The previous Cabinet Secretary will remember that it was quite a bruising process going through the south Wales programme changes and, of course, Cwm Taf lost emergency and paediatric services at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital while they were retained at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend. Now, I've just had confirmation that there's no planned service reduction at the Princess of Wales Hospital in terms of consultant-led emergency services and in-patient children services, but I'd really like your commitment to that status quo as well. What I'm slightly more concerned about is that Cwm Taf seem to have no knowledge of Maesteg Community Hospital and is not prepared to make any specific comment on its future. I'm wondering whether you're able, without setting any hares running, to confirm today that you will speak to Cwm Taf about Maesteg and perhaps fill them in on a little bit of information about how important this hospital is.