According to a recent report in the South Wales Argus,Children's Services at the Royal Gwent Hospital Newport or Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny could be lost due to staffing problems leaving parents with a journey of 20miles and more to the nearest site that provides this service possibly on a daily basis. According to the report, the Health Board says that this would be a temporary measure until the Specialist Critical Care Centre earmarked for Llanfrechfa near Cwmbran is built. This may be at least five years away.A more recent report in the ARGUS states that the building of the SCCC is now a subject of a Welsh Government review and that there remains no indication of when a decision will come or what it might be. The Health Board is still stating that paediatric inpatient care could be based at one existing hospital instead of two.Parents without their own transport could have to wait hours for an ambulance. What could happen to their child in the meantime does not bear thinking about. We demand that the Health Board pay a decent wage to the front-line staff who work extremely hard in very difficult circumstances as this may help to resolve the under-staffing crisis that is behind this.Please sign and share this petition which can also be accessed on Twitter.
Update #57 years ago
Hi Just to let you know that I have just submitted my petition to the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board secretary in the presence of an ARGUS reporter who photographed the handing over which he aims to get printed in Saturday's Argus. The reporter was impressed with the number of signatures We now await the outcome. Thank you all again for your support. Lindsey
Update #47 years ago
Hi All, Just to let you know that I will be closing this petition in a few days. i will be meeting with ABUHB Secretary on Thursday of next week at their headquarters in St Cadocs Hospital Caerleon to hand over the petition. An Argus reporter has said that he will cover this. IF you would like to attend please send me a friend request on Facebook
Update #37 years ago
PETITION UPDATE -Hi all. just to let you know that I have now taken our concerns to the highest level. I have contacted the Welsh Government First Minister Carwyn Jones, MP Jessica Morden and AM John Griffiths. I will let you know if I receive any responses.The petition can still be signed and shared. Best regards Lindsey
Update #27 years ago
REMINDER - now that children are back in school , nursery, playgroup etc can I ask you to take a minute to read this reminder that the petition is still LIVE and in need of more signatures. It has 373 signatures so far. I would like to get at least 500 before I decide how to pass the petition on the A.B.U.H.B. Can I please urge you to ask family, neighbours, friends, work colleagues etc to sign it if they have not already done so.
Update #17 years ago
Just to let you know, that to date, the petition has 371 signatures. I will keep the petition open until the end of September or longer if it is still being signed but there have been no new signatures for a few weeks. Can I ask that you keep sharing this,the more signatures that we have the better the impact on the ABUHB. Thank you!
