What is the plan for Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth?

If endorsed by the Welsh Government, the programme will include refurbishment of Bronglais Hospital by spring 2031.

The hospital will remain as a district general hospital and build its reputation as an excellent rural provider of acute and planned care. It will continue to provide the current range of urgent, emergency, and planned care services with more specialist cases transferred to the main Urgent and Planned Care Hospital (as well as other regional sites for critical care), as happens now.

Given the site constraints there is no new-build option for the hospital.

It will continue to have:

• 24/7 Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre
• 24/7 access to acute specialties (medicine, surgery, obstetrics & gynaecology, paediatrics
• 24/7 diagnostics (tests, scans etc)
• Critical Care
• Planned major day case and inpatient operations and treatment, including endoscopy
• Midwife led unit and low-risk obstetrics
• Outpatient services including Chemotherapy
• Older Adult inpatient mental health beds.

Bronglais Hospital will have at least the same range of clinical services as presently, and the University Health Board will be looking to expand services where possible to ensure long-term clinical sustainability, supporting the Bronglais Strategy.

We recognise that Bronglais has a unique position in Wales, which means that a significant part of its role is providing care to residents from other Health Board areas.