Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:19 pm on 15 June 2022.
Thank you for that response, Minister. As you know, since March 2020, the daytime paediatric ambulatory care unit at Withybush Hospital has been relocated to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen. Children in Pembrokeshire have had to travel further for vital services in order to ensure Withybush Hospital had enough space for its COVID-19 response. Now that the pandemic is easing, I'm sure you'll agree with me that it is time to return the unit back to Withybush Hospital. Can you therefore tell us what discussions you've had, Minister, with Hywel Dda University Health Board on this specific issue, and what assurances can you provide to families in Pembrokeshire that the unit will be returned to Withybush Hospital as soon as possible, and as soon as it's safe to do so?