Hywel Dda University Health Board

Group of campaigners holding Save Our Surgery leaflets at a community event in Pontyates.
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SARN SURGERY: Campaigners warn merger will pile pressure on Kidwelly and Trimsaran

The group that fought to keep Pontyates’ surgery open says the plan to save it now raises questions for two…

Seven people reading draft leaflets outside the Minor Injuries Unit entrance at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli, including SOSPPAN campaigners, a Llais representative and nursing staff in blue uniforms
Deryk Cundy

LLANELLI: Prince Philip Hospital’s Urgent Care Centre has an opening date

The hours stay the same. What you can be treated for in Llanelli does not. Here is what changes at…

Entrance to the Emergency Department at Morriston Hospital during a period of exceptional pressure.
Hywel Dda NHS

NHS WAITS: Minister admits figures are ‘not good enough’

The Welsh waiting list has grown for a fifth month and Hywel Dda's two-year waits have more than trebled in…

The entrance to Ysgol Heol Goffa special school in Llanelli, a single-storey brick building with a green flag flying outside
Anna Brychan MS

YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Four pupils have died in six months, says councillor, and still no nurse

Health chiefs could give no guarantee and no deadline for a nurse at the Llanelli special school, campaigners say, and…

Large crowd of over 100 people gathered in the car park outside Meddygfa'r Sarn surgery in Pontyates holding protest signs against its proposed closure
Adam Price MS

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…

A modern brick health centre building at Canolfan Pentre Awel, with a curved yellow path, bench and landscaped planting in front.
Bouygues UK

LLANELLI: 29,000 blood test patients since June as Canolfan Pentre Awel turns one

It opened a year ago on land where Llanelli once made tinplate. Here’s how the town has used it, and…

Residents forming a human chain outside Meddygfa'r Sarn surgery in Pontyates holding protest banners against its proposed closure
Cllr Alex Evans

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…

Ambulance parked outside Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli.
Claire Archibald MS

LLANELLI: How many scabies cases are there at Prince Philip? MS demands ministers say, ten days into ward closures

Hywel Dda has published nothing since it shut wards on 27 September, and Claire Archibald says the Welsh Government cannot…

Ambulance parked outside Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli.
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LLANELLI: Visiting restricted at Prince Philip Hospital as scabies outbreak shuts wards

Hywel Dda has restricted visiting at the Llanelli hospital since Sunday, with a number of wards closed by infection. The…

A single-storey red-brick hospice building with a tiled roof, with a large bronze sculpture on a circular brick plinth and a wooden bench in the garden in front
David Craddock

LLANELLI: Hospice trust wants 14 beds at Tŷ Bryngwyn. The health board says it can only safely run four

The town's hospice has been limited to four beds since a 2023 fire safety review, Hywel Dda has confirmed, days…

Artist's impression of a single-storey children's centre with white and sage green walls, a blue elephant painted beside the windows and Hywel Dda NHS signage at the entrance
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CARMARTHEN: After 27 years and £1.1m raised, new children’s centre finds its preferred home

Hywel Dda has named Tudor House at St David's Park as the preferred site for the purpose-built children's centre funded…