Pontyates
PONTYATES: ‘What has changed since January?’ Politicians quiz health board over GP surgery merger
In January, Hywel Dda’s own panel wanted Meddygfa’r Sarn’s patients moved to other surgeries. Now it backs a merger with…
PONTYATES: Meddygfa’r Sarn would become a branch of Kidwelly surgery under health board merger plan
Nobody bid to run the village surgery. Now Hywel Dda wants to merge it with Meddygfa Minafon and keep Pontyates…
CARWAY: Council weighing village school’s long-term future as £1.8m classrooms stay on hold
Carway's children started a second school year being bussed to Pontyates this month, 13 months after their own school was…
PONTYATES: ‘Spread the word’ — campaigners urge GP teams to bid for Meddygfa’r Sarn as tender opens
The contract to run the village surgery goes out to tender next week — and the community group that saved…
PONTYATES: Dot Cotton, dragons and miners — the village mural years in the making
A huge new mural celebrating Pontyates has been completed on the wall by the rugby club, packed with local history…
PONTYATES: Campaigners back search for new GP team to secure future of Meddygfa’r Sarn
The Save Sarn Surgery group has welcomed plans to find an independent provider to run the practice from 2027 —…
ANIMAL CRUELTY: Senedd candidate and councillor banned from keeping animals for life after pigs and goats found in ‘appalling’ conditions
David Wayne Erasmus — a community councillor who stood for Gwlad in May's Senedd election — kept pigs and goats…
PONTYATES: “Our community has been heard” — campaigners celebrate as Meddygfa’r Sarn is saved from closure
The campaigners who fought to save Meddygfa’r Sarn have hailed a “major victory” after Hywel Dda University Health Board set…
PONTYATES: Health board agrees to explore independent GPs for Meddygfa’r Sarn in major U-turn — as campaigners say closure should never have been on the table
Hywel Dda University Health Board has agreed to test whether independent GPs could take over Meddygfa’r Sarn in Pontyates —…
PONTYATES: The four-month fight to save Meddygfa’r Sarn — and the questions Hywel Dda still hasn’t answered as the board prepares to vote
On Thursday, Hywel Dda University Health Board meets at Yr Egin in Carmarthen to decide the future of GP services…
PONTYATES: Green Party candidate calls for independent review of Meddygfa’r Sarn closure process — citing missing equality assessment and lack of pre-consultation engagement
A Green Party candidate has called on Hywel Dda to pause its Meddygfa’r Sarn decision, citing FOI evidence that no…