New specialist clinic for patients in the Cardigan area
A healthcare clinic, provided by specialist doctors visiting from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, is just one of the new services available for patients in the Cardigan area, heard stakeholders and members of the public at the latest meeting and drop-in session. For the first time, a Motor Neurone Disease (MND) specialist clinic is taking place every three months in Cardigan Hospital. It provides a local, community based service to support symptom management of the disease, which attacks the motor neurones and can affect mobility, speech and more. Hywel Dda University Health Board’s Executive lead for the Cardigan development, Director of Strategy & Integration / Therapies & Health Science, Kathryn Davies said: “The MND clinics in Cardigan illustrate the type of new service we can deliver locally in the future as we provide new ways of delivering care.” Information about the clinics and plans for the new integrated care resource centre and provision of integrat...