AS the proposals for the new ‘super hospital’ to serve west Wales re-surface after the lockdown, a retired Pembrokeshire GP is urging that the priority for the facility should be its services and not its location. A 35-acre site somewhere between – and including – St Clears and Narberth is the location determined through the public consultation held in 2018. The call for feedback is part of a more general six-week post-lockdown engagement exercise by the health board. The board has stated that the new hospital will be a ‘centre of excellence for emergency, urgent and planned care’. And Dr Roger Burns is emphatic that recruitment must be at the heart of the strategy.
By Press Association 2021
South Wales Police are dealing with scenes of violence in an area of Swansea (Ben Birchall/PA)
Large-scale disorder broke out in Swansea as a vigil descended into violence.
Police warned people to stay indoors amid chaotic scenes on the streets of the city’s Mayhill area on Thursday night.
Images and footage posted on social media showed cars on fire in the middle of the road and crowds cheering as a vehicle was rolled down a hill.
Local Welsh Parliament member Tom Giffard called the scenes “disturbing”, while Welsh secretary and Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP Simon Hart said: “A tough night for the police dealing with such reckless behaviour. No excuses, police right to robustly respond.”