The B&R this week reported on the meetings in Hay and Talgarth about the stroke unit at Bronllys Hospital. The health board wants to move the stroke unit to Brecon Hospital, and part of the plans for the proposed care home in Hay (on the site of the junior football pitch) include moving one of the wards from Bronllys into the care home, where the doctors at Hay surgery can care for the patients.
Now it seems that they want to transfer the Bronllys site into the hands of a housing association.
They stressed that this did not mean Bronllys hospital was closing down, and that housing associations build health premises as well as housing, but that didn't stop members of the public at the meeting accusing them of asset stripping the hospital.
They also said that they were increasing the chemotherapy on offer at Bronllys, and could re-locate other services in Powys to the site.
So it all seems rather confusing.
There will be more meetings open to the public over the next couple of months, to discuss specialist hospital services across South Wales and how they will affect Powys. The first is at Knighton's Offa's Dyke Centre on Wednesday 24th October at 6pm, followed by one at Bishop Bevan Hall, Brecon on Wednesday 31st October at 2pm.
Then there will be other meetings in Rhyader, Builth Wells, Ystradgynlais, Llandrindod Wells, Crickhowell and Hay through November and December.
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