A Reduction in Medical Cover

From 1st October, the Haygarth medical practice will lose their funding for the Triage Nurse.  This project has been very successful in reducing waiting times for the surgery, from an average of two to four weeks down to three or four days, and it made it possible to increase the amount of time the doctor spent with each patient when it was needed.

But with the loss of funding for the Triage Nurse, the practice has had to look at different ways of working, and they have decided that they will have to reduce their opening hours.  So Hay surgery will be closed in the afternoons from 1pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Talgarth surgery will be closed in the afternoons from 1pm on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.  Emergency appointments will still be available in the afternoons, and patients will still be able to pick up prescriptions until 5pm from the collection points.

Anyone who wants to comment on these changes should contact:

Jayne Lawrence,

Assistant Director of Primary Care at The Primary Care Department,

Powys Teaching Health Board,

The Gwalia,

Llandrindod Wells

Email: PrimaryCareGeneral.Powys@wales.nhs.uk with any concerns with a copy to the Community Health Council enquiries.powyschc@waleschc.org.uk by Friday 18th September 2020.