{"id":106183,"date":"2026-11-03T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=106183"},"modified":"2026-11-03T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T21:01:00","slug":"powys-health-board-shake-up-opposed-as-locals-fight-cuts-to-hospital-beds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=106183","title":{"rendered":"Powys health board shake-up opposed as locals fight cuts to hospital beds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Under its Better Together programme<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span> the health board is proposing changes to services in a range of areas &#8211; adult physical health, adult mental health, urgent care and some diagnostic services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Among the proposed changes<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span>, the most controversial could affect inpatient beds in most of Powys&#8217; community hospitals where occupancy rates are usually around 85 to 90%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Powys does not have a general hospital, but it does have beds in eight community hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to a report to the health board the current model &#8220;provides valued local services, but its dispersed configuration makes it increasingly difficult to meet needs consistently&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It will consult on two possible options:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-2st5ed-ListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The first option would see beds located in three community hospitals in Brecon, Newtown and Llandrindod Wells. This would mean a reduction from 146 to around 90 inpatient beds for the whole of Powys.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The second option would see beds located in two community hospitals in Brecon and Newtown. This would mean a reduction to around 60 inpatient beds.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Any changes would happen over a number of years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A health board report said about 40% of its budget is spent on services commissioned from outside of Powys &#8211; in the last financial year this was around \u00a3198m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are also proposed changes to Powys&#8217; minor injuries units and the way urgent care is delivered in the county.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At the moment, urgent care is delivered in a variety of ways including by GPs, an out of hours service, pharmacies and health board minor injuries units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the health board believes the current service &#8220;does not provide consistent or equitable access across the county&#8221; and demand for urgent care is increasing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Its is proposing two options for changes to urgent care and diagnostic services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The first option would see urgent care available on three sites &#8211; Urgent Care Centres (UCCs) would be established in Newtown and Brecon, and a minor injuries unit in Llandrindod Wells, operating from eight in the morning until eight at night, seven days a week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The minor injury unit would stay in Welshpool until the UCC opens in Newtown, and then the minor injury unit in Welshpool would close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The second option would see just two UCCs in Newtown and Brecon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One option for changes to mental health services is proposed &#8211; the consolidation of all adult and older adult mental health services at a single site, either at Bronllys hospital or a new site in the Bronllys\/Brecon area, as well as expanding community mental health services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5ev3mkjvzrwo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under its Better Together programme, external the health board is proposing changes to services in a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2708,1071,2834,549,231,454,9171,6679,7193,7339],"class_list":["post-106183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-beds","tag-board","tag-cuts","tag-fight","tag-health","tag-hospital","tag-locals","tag-opposed","tag-powys","tag-shakeup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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