Future Fit: Plea for more funding for Mid Wales health care
The Welsh Government is being urged to put more money into health care in Mid Wales to marry up with the improvements planning in hospital services across the Shropshire border.
People living in north Powys receive hospital care from the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust, with treatment in both the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal Hospitals.
Glyn Davies, MP for Montgomeryshire, has welcomed news that the UK Government has agreed that NHS England will allocate the around £300 million needed to transform one of Shropshire’s two hospitals into a centre for Emergency Care and the other into a centre for planned care.
Now he says that commitment has to be underpinned by funding from the Welsh Government to improve non urgent and primary care for the residents of Mid Wales.
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“There are some who say there should be a general hospital in Mid Wales but that is not going to happen,” he said.
“Where we do need investment in in the community hospitals in Powys.
“If money was made available to improve facilities in the local hospitals and if nurses were upgraded then many of the minor injuries that currently have to be seen at A&E could be seen locally.
“Also we need to provide more services locally, for instance more physiotherapy appointments. It would mean that residents would not have to travel for much of their health care.”
Mr Davies said that the UK government had made a massive commitment to Shropshire and Mid Wales.
“This will be the biggest investment by NHS England this year. I would like to see that underpinned by better non urgent health care provided by the Welsh government,” he added.
He said he would be having takes with the Montgomeryshire Welsh Assembly member, Russell George in a bid to plea for more health care funding for the region.
“I will also be contacting the Powys Teaching Health Board to see if we can meet and discuss the way forward for health care in Mongomeryshire,” he said.
