17,000 demand Senedd saves stroke services at Bronglais

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00:00Gather now. So 2.1 petition 1538 to protect full stroke services at Bronglais Hospital,

00:07prevent downgrade to treat and transfer. So the whole of our University Health Board's

00:13consultation processes proposes removing Bronglais Hospital's full stroke service,

00:21forcing patients from Ceredigion, Powys and South Merioneth into risky long distance transfers to

00:29Hospital in Llangetli or Haverdford West. We urge the Senedd and Welsh Government to intervene

00:37immediately, insisting that the Health Board fully assesses these impacts and commits to

00:46maintaining Bronglais as a stroke rehabilitation unit, protecting vital health services in Mid Wales.

00:55The submitter is Bryony Davis, and she has collected a total of 17,881 signatures.

01:08Could I invite Luke to discuss the petition and any actions you wish the committee to do?

01:14Diolch David. Given that the petition is just shy of 18,000 signatures, could I suggest that we ask

01:25Business Committee for a debate? It was past the threshold, so in this instance I think it's

01:31pretty clear for us to request for the debate.

01:35Thank you, Luke. Is everybody in agreement? Thank you. So we will request that this goes to Business

01:42Committee for them to schedule a debate. I notice in the past we've had a comprehensive response

01:49from the Protect Bronglais Services Group, so a lot of that information could be incorporated into the

01:57so some of that information could be made in the past. It was a little bit more on the