Clinical services plan
We have a shared vision with our communities for us to live healthy, joyful lives.
A public consultation ran for 13 weeks from Thursday 29 May 2025 to Sunday 31 August 2025. During the consultation we sought the views of our communities on the proposed options for change across nine clinical services. Information about the consultation, including consultation documentation in accessible formats, is available on our dedicated consultation webpages (opens in new tab)
An independent company, Opinion Research Services (ORS), gathered together all the views we heard from people who took part in the consultation and created a report. This report, alongside a wide range of other information, will help the health board to make decisions about the future of these services.
Below you can read the executive summary of the report. We have shared this in an accessible format, using the report content, exactly as it was written by ORS. You can read the full report in the January Board meeting papers here (opens in new tab). We are aware that the report does not meet digital accessibility standards.
An extraordinary Board meeting was held on 18 and 19 February 2026 where the Board made decisions on the future model of care for our Clinical Services Plan. You can find out more about the decisions that were made here (opens in new tab). Where changes to services have been agreed, these will not happen immediately.
No final decisions were made on stroke services during the first phase of consultation as further work and engagement was needed before deciding on a future model. Additional work has since been undertaken to develop and test a preferred option for stroke services.
This preferred option brings together elements of two alternative proposals (Option 106 and Option 210) that were put forward by our communities during the first phase of consultation in summer 2025. The preferred option includes:
- A 24-hour acute stroke and rehabilitation unit at Glangwili Hospital
- A stroke rehabilitation unit at Bronglais Hospital
- Treat and transfer services at Bronglais, Prince Philip and Withybush hospitals, with patients transferred to Glangwili Hospital or a specialist thrombectomy centre where appropriate
At a Board meeting on the 28 May 2026 Board members endorsed the launch of a second phase of public consultation on the future of stroke services across our four main hospitals. This second phase of consultation will run for eight weeks from 28 May until 26 July 2026.
Information about the second phase of the consultation, including event details, the questionnaire and documents in accessible formats and languages, is available on our dedicated consultation webpages (opens in new tab)
For the eight clinical services where decisions have been made, implementation plans are being developed, with changes introduced in phases and in close collaboration with staff, partners, and local communities. Find out what the board decisions mean for each service below.
Frequently asked questions
What has happened so far?
You can read more background information on this project on our dedicated webpage, here (opens in new tab).
