P-06-1544 Take urgent action to improve the NHS in West Wales, and address the crisis at Glangwili hospital - Correspondence from the Petitioner to the Committee, 21 January 2026

Dear Kayleigh, Carolyn and Prof Kloer

Many thanks for this comprehensive update and reassurance that the Health Board are aware and acting to try to resolve the issues raised in the petition. 

Whilst I am grateful to the Health Board and the Petitions Committee for acting and raising this matter, I am not at all reassured that the Welsh Government have also been held to account. As was raised in the additional correspondence that I supplied with the petition, and as Prof Kloer also muted in their response, there are a number of examples that demonstrate that this is a Wales-wide matter and that Welsh Government are culpable also. In the case of this petition, Welsh Government should be answering the strength of feeling from residents and patients within the Hywel Dda region for this Health Board to be fully supported via public funds and political will. Additionally Welsh Government are answerable to the wider public of Wales to deliver comprehensive action that does not focus entirely on Cardiff and the surrounding area.

For the Minister to have answered the initial discussion at the Petitions Committee by leaving the onus solely to the Health Board for a response, when health is a devolved matter for which Welsh Government should be held accountable did not feel appropriate. I would welcome a Welsh Government response to ensure that the answer to these issues is joined up and comprehensive, as no one service can resolve such systemic issues alone.

With kind regards

Christine