Hospitals in South Wales face shake-up

Plans to shake-up hospital care across South Wales have been announced by five health boards in South Wales.

Health officials say proposals to streamline care have been drawn up in response to doctors’ shortages, an ageing population and financial pressures which have all resulted in care being spread ‘too thinly’.

• The proposals have focused on A&E, obstetrics, neonatal and pediatric care

Currently eight hospitals in the region provide these services but the proposals would see services concentrated in four or five hospitals. The plans will now go out for consultation for two months.

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