Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has announced a consultation on how Specialist Palliative Care is delivered in the RCT / Merthyr / Bridgend Area.
One of the proposals is to close the eight-bed SPC ward at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon and move provision to at-home care. Plaid Cymru candidates have welcomed the increase in at-home care, but we believe this should be done alongside the continued provision in Ysbyty Cwm Cynon.
Storm Dennis was a European windstorm which, in February 2020, became one of the most intense extratropical cyclones ever recorded, reaching a minimum central pressure of 920 millibars (27.17 inches of mercury) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Dennis]
Across RCT over 1,000 properties were flooded. In the Pontypridd Constituency, residents of Pontypridd, Trefforest and Taffs Well suffered extreme flooding.
The damage was extensive to houses, businesses and transport infrastructure.
After the sad news that Dawn Wood has stepped down from her role as Plaid Cymru Councillor for Pontypridd Town Ward - on both RCT and the Town Council - due to health reasons, local Plaid Cymru members and other residents living in the ward have called a by-election to fill the Town Council seat. It’ll be held on the same day as the RCT by-election.
Plaid Cymru select Wiliam Rees to contest the seat
At a meeting of Plaid members in the town Wiliam Rees was selected unaminously.
Wiliam said: “This is a byelection that no-one wanted and I want to give credit to Dawn in making the hard decision to stand down in order to concentrate on her health. The huge number of messages that have been sent wishing her all the best say more than I ever can in terms of how well she was respected in the town.
I look forward to meeting and talking to you over the next month and setting out my vision for our town and priorities for the ward.”
On 4 June Dawn Wood announced that she was standing down as a Councilor for Pontypridd Town Ward. You can read her letter to residents by clicking here.
