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Dr Sue Fish has been appointed to the role of Clinical Programme Director for Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) in the Mid Wales Healthcare Collaborative set up to bring about changes outlined in the independent study into the future provision of health services in the region. The study by the Welsh Institute of Health and Social Care (WIHSC) at the University of South Wales spent nine months listening to the views of patients, the public and NHS staff across Mid Wales. The study, led by Professor Marcus Longley, made a number of recommendations about the future provision of health services in Mid Wales. Following its publication, the Welsh NHS organisations providing services in Mid Wales agreed to set up the Mid Wales Healthcare Collaborative to bring about changes set out in the report. The collaborative was launched by the Minister for Health and Social Care, Prof Mark Drakeford at the Mid Wales Healthcare Conference in Newtown on 12th March 2015. As Clinical Programme Dire...

Hywel Dda University Health Board reassures patients and the public that it is making good progress to maintain short and long term provisions of the 24 hour Emergency and Urgent Care Centre at Withybush Hospital. The University Health Board is continuing to work hard with clinical staff, managers, senior medical leads and GP representatives to ensure these services can continue to be provided to the same high standard for our local population. Medical Director, Dr Sue Fish said: “We are committed to the long term provision of a safe, high quality service for patients in Pembrokeshire and I would like to thank our staff and partners for their hard work and commitment in developing both short and long term solutions to ensure we continue to provide access to both 24 hour accident and emergency services and GP out of hours services”. Discussions are continuing on a regular basis to further explore greater use of community hospitals; developing models of care to allow greater involvement...