Health and Wellbeing Forum

 The Bronllys Well Being Park CLT is holding a health and well being forum on Thursday October 3rd at 7pm at Talgarth Town Hall.

There is some concern about the future of Bronllys Community Hospital, after the Powys Teaching Health Board re-designated two wards at the hospital for what they say is a temporary period.  Local people are worried that this temporary period may become permanent downgrading of the services on the site.

Present at the meeting will be our new MP, David Chadwick, Hayley Thomas the CEO of Powys Teaching Health Board, Councillor James Gibson-Watt the Leader of Powys County Council, Matt Perry from the County Council, Claire White from Cwmpas and Sharon Healey from PAVO - so it's a meeting that is being taken seriously by the local authorities involved.

Refreshments will be provided, and the advice is to arrive early, as there is a lot of local interest in the plans for the hospital.

Meanwhile, on the next page of the Brecon and Radnor Express, there is another story about Bronllys Hospital - the installation of new lung-function equipment at the hospital.  This is a Body Plethysmograph, and the Powys Teaching Health Board say that it will reduce patient waiting times and travel, as previously a GP had to refer a patient to a consultant, and the patient would then have to travel to a hospital in England for the tests.  Now they can be referred straight to Bronllys.  The Bodybox can help to treat asthma, bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and is also used in cardiology and rheumatology treatment, to make sure that the medications are not affecting the patient's lungs.