Save Maesteg Community Hospital

11/06/2026

I have writen to the Welsh Health Minister today,because of the way that the Llais report was totally ignored, and the misinformation put before the health board about extensive consultation being carried out ,
The Consultation was about the redevelopment on Maestetg Community Hospital and not a new Health Centre which they want to consult us on now, after the Board had voted on that decision , I also made reference to fgures used in the meeting with no supporting evidence
I pointed out we totally distrust the health Board which needs to be brouight to account by Welsh Governent , and if not addressed there will be distrust in Welsh Government
The email address is on a previous post, so i am asking for the people of Maesteg and the llynfi Valley to write to your MSs and the Heath Minister so that our Voices can be heard, and the issues with this health board addressed

10/06/2026

To all there is a great chance of attending this great day to celebrate the Armed Forces Day Outside the Maesteg Council Offices on the 27 June 2026 Saturday start time at 11am there will be some stalls and items to look at also to meet the team from the Maesteg Royal British Legion we hope to see you all on this day

09/06/2026

We gave the new Senedd time. Time to settle, to take stock, and to set out credible plans to address the persistent A&E pressures and corridor care crisis affecting North Wales—and now spreading into mid and south-west Wales.

But the crisis has not paused for politics.

This week, Flintshire became the third BCUHB county council—alongside Denbighshire and Conwy—and the fourth in Wales, with Powys, to declare a health emergency. Half of the six local authority areas within BCUHB have now formally sounded the alarm over unsafe and unsustainable conditions for patients and staff.

Yes, social care pressures are a major factor. But that is precisely why greater scrutiny is needed—not less—of what is happening inside Wales’ largest and worst-performing health board.

The new Health and Social Care Secretary, Mabon ap Gwynfor, has announced plans for 600 new GPs, expanded out-of-hours provision, and surgical hubs to tackle waiting lists. These are welcome steps. But they do not address the fundamental blockage in the system: patients who are medically fit to leave hospital but have nowhere safe to go.

Without robust step-down care and reablement services, people remain stuck in hospital beds they neither want nor need—while others wait dangerously in A&E corridors for care.

Across North Wales, communities are being asked to accept fewer local inpatient beds and more fragmented “community solutions” that simply do not match the level of need.

In Tywyn, BCUHB argues that reopening 16 modern inpatient beds would cost a minimal amount more than its current model—one that offers overstretched nurses around 20 minutes a day with vulnerable patients across a wide rural area. Yet nearly half that amount has already been spent on private consultancy, for a process that will not even reach formal consultation until the autumn—more than three years after the beds were “temporarily” closed.

In Penley, credible, workable alternatives put forward by the Rainbow Foundation—experts in reablement already operating on site—have been excluded from consultation. Not one of the board’s proposed options includes inpatient beds.

In Abergele, a ward is due to become available following the opening of the Llandudno surgical hub. Still, there is no confirmation it will be used to relieve the well-documented pressures at Glan Clwyd, just ten minutes away.

And this is not isolated. Hywel Dda and Cwm Taf Morgannwg are following the same path: closing and centralising community beds through drawn-out processes that feel less like genuine consultation and more like attrition.

The faces in government may have changed. The direction of travel has not.

Centralisation has been the dominant strategy for nearly three decades. It has not delivered a resilient system. There is no reason to believe it will start now.

It’s time to step back from the narrow focus on waiting list statistics and look at the whole system. Healthcare does not function in silos. It depends on balance.

Primary care to prevent and manage illness.
Acute care to treat it.
Step-down care to support recovery and independence.

Remove one layer, and the whole structure falters.

Right now, that is exactly what we are seeing: vulnerable patients stranded in hospital, and acutely unwell people unable to access timely care.

Until we rebuild that full pathway—including properly resourced local inpatient and reablement services—this crisis will not resolve. It will deepen.

We need to raise our voices and make sure step-down care is not forgotten.

Write to your representatives today at writetothem.com If you’d like a template, message us and we’ll send one over. If we miss your comment, please get in touch again—this issue matters.

Together, we can keep step-down care at the forefront of decision-makers’ minds.

08/06/2026

Its time that everyone concerned about the future of Maesteg Hospital, and the way that CTMUHB meeting ignored the Llias Report
Email your complaints to the Health Minister

[email protected]
The more emails he gets the lounder our voice becomes in Welsh Government

02/06/2026

This is the Report that was not discussed in the CTHMB meeting, please note its contents and please share far and wide, this is totally ignoring the people of the Llynfi Valley
Thus Health Board should resign

Llais Cwm Taf Morgannwg Ty Antur
Navigation Park Abercynon CF45 4SN

Llais Cwm Taf Morgannwg Ty Antur
Parc Navigation Abercynon CF45 4SN

Paul Mears
Chief Executive Officer Date: 11th May 2026
Re: The future provision of health services in Maesteg

Dear Paul

I am writing to you regarding the future provision of health services in Maesteg, an issue that is of significant importance to our community. Over recent months tensions have risen and, in response to this, we have undertaken a programme of engagement with residents and local stakeholders to better understand their experiences, priorities and concerns.

The feedback gathered highlights both the strong value placed on accessible, high- quality local services and the need for a clear, sustainable vision for their delivery going forward. In this context, I would like to share key themes emerging from our engagement and outline a set of proposed next steps to support a collaborative and informed approach to shaping future provision in Maesteg.

Engagement Feedback

Across our engagement activities, there has been a strong, consistent and deeply held community concern regarding the proposed replacement of Maesteg Community Hospital with a new Health & Wellbeing Centre at Ewenny Road. The following are the key overarching findings, with further detail included in the appended report:

 Overwhelming opposition to the loss of Maesteg Hospital, particularly its inpatient and community bed capacity.
 High levels of distrust in the Health Board, driven by perceived lack of transparency, inconsistent messaging and insufficient engagement.
 Significant concern about accessibility, especially transport barriers, cost of travel, and the impact on elderly and vulnerable populations.
 Strong demand for localised care, including:

 Step-down and rehabilitation beds
 Minor injuries services
 Local outpatient clinics
 Integrated health and social care provision

 System-wide pressures evident, including:

 Difficulty accessing GP appointments
 Long waiting times
 Poor patient flow and delayed discharges

 Perception of inequality, with Maesteg viewed as underserved despite high health need and deprivation.

While a small number of respondents support a modern, purpose-built facility, this is conditional on:

 Retaining local access
 Addressing transport issues
 Delivering equivalent or enhanced services (especially beds)

It can be summarised that the proposal, as it stands, is seen not as an enhancement but as a net loss of provision, particularly due to the absence of inpatient capacity that it is felt was never appropriately consulted upon following the temporary changes made during the COVID pandemic.

Next Steps

As you know, Llais’ role is not to determine support for any proposal put forward by the Health Board or to recommend alternatives. What we would urge is that the Health Board seriously consider this matter, identify any viable way(s) forward and commit to an enhanced period of communication and engagement with the wider community of Maesteg, to foster greater trust and demonstrate your willingness to be open and transparent for what remains of this process.

To this end, I have included a proposed action plan in the appended report that expands upon the following:

1. Set the tone before actions or decisions are taken
2. Rebuild trust with the community of Maesteg
3. Set up a Community Reference Group
4. Address the core system issues

I look forward to hearing the Boards deliberations and decision on the way forward at the meeting.

Yours sincerely

Daniel Price Regional Director

01/06/2026

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) settles dozens of clinical negligence and personal injury claims annually, with annual payouts often ranging between £5 million and £12 million for settled cases.
However, in specific years, such as 2024/25, clinical negligence payouts for Welsh health boards have peaked, with similar sized bodies paying out upwards of £22 million annually.
Payouts and Financial BreakdownHistoric Annual Settlements: For individual claim years, typical lump-sum damages for settled cases vary. For example, the board settled 38 claims in one documented 12-month period for a total of £12,010,339, and 39 claims for £5,070,317 in another.
Highest Claim Categories: The most frequent areas of settled claims historically include treatment errors, delayed diagnoses, and inpatient falls.
National Liabilities: Across Wales, the total provision set aside for legal fees and clinical negligence cases totals roughly £1.712 billion.How the Process WorksThe Welsh Risk Pool: Health boards like CTMUHB do not always bear the full financial burden of these staggering numbers alone. Claims exceeding £25,000 are typically reimbursed to the health board through the Welsh Risk Pool (WRP).Compensation Averages: While minor cases may settle for under £25,000, severe or life-altering cases (such as birth or brain injuries) can result in multi-million-pound settlements designed to cover lifelong specialized care and medical needs.How to Find Specific DataBecause compensation figures and legal costs vary significantly depending on case complexities, exact numbers for a specific year must be requested directly You can file a Freedom of Information (FOI) request via the CTMUHB FOI Disclosure Log or view published financial records in the board's Annual Reports and Accounts.Compliments Redress Clinical Negligence Complaints
An offer of financial compensation up to a value of £25,000 and/or remedial treatment, on the proviso that the person will not seek to pursue the same through f...Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardFreedom of Information

RequestNumber of Clinical Negligence Claims Received. 73. 44. 68. Number of Clinical Negligence Claims Settled. 13. 39. 38. Total Payments for Clinical Negligence Clai...Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardWelsh NHS paying millions of pounds for medical errors16 Jan 2018 — In Wales, health boards handle their own litigation cases. They can get negligence claims of more than £25,000 reimbursed by Welsh Risk Pool Services (WRPS), a ...BBCMillions being docked from NHS budgets to pay for ...3 Nov 2025 — “The amount of money the Welsh NHS now has as a provision for legal fees relating to clinical negligence and associated fees now totals £1.712bn.
It's a figure ...Nation.CymruHealth board paid out more than £22m in clinical ...22 Sept 2025 — The report stated that this year there had been 313 clinical negligence claims and 45 personal injury claims. The total amount paid out during 2024/25 for clini...

Wales OnlineCTMUHB Annual Report and Accounts 2023-2024 Page 1 ...11 Jul 2024 — Clinical negligence and personal injury costs. The Welsh Risk Pool Services (WRPS) operates a risk pooling scheme which is co-funded by the. Welsh Government wi...Senedd Cymru | Welsh ParliamentAverage Payout Medical Negligence

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01/06/2026

01/06/2026

Meeting: Maesteg Hospital & Llynfi Valley Health & Wellbeing Centre (10 March 2026)

Meeting Readout | Maesteg Hospital / Llynfi Valley Health & Wellbeing Centre

10 March 2026

Attendance
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM UHB) representatives: o Jonathan Morgan, Chair
Paul Mears, Chief Executive Officer
Claire Thompson, Executive Director of Strategy and Transformation
Dale Stolzenberg, Assistant Director of Transformation
Local Elected Representatives:
Cllr Paul Davies
Cllr Malcolm James
Cllr Martin Hughes
Bridgend County Borough Council representatives: o Cllr Jon Spanswick, Leader
Cllr Jane Gebbie, Deputy Leader / Cabinet Member Social Services, Health and Wellbeing
Cllr Neelo Farr, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Economic Development and Housing
Claire Marchant, Corporate Director – Social Services and Wellbeing


Apologies Received

Huw Irranca-Davies MS
Cllr Chris Davies
Cllr Philip Jenkins
Cllr Ross Thomas (also serves as Chair of Maesteg Hospital League of Friends)
Cllr Richard Collins


What Was Covered
CTM UHB outlined the current position regarding the provision of health and wellbeing services in the Llynfi Valley, Maesteg Community Hospital and the development of a health and wellbeing centre.

CTM UHB noted that a briefing on community bed provision, care home provision and Hospital@Home services in Bridgend County is available for sharing, alongside this meeting readout.

Supply Chain Partners are currently undertaking non-site-specific design activities, including further developing the thinking around spaces provided for health and local authority services, as well as ongoing site survey activities at the alternative site at Ewenny Road, Maesteg. This ongoing activity does not pre-empt any decision on the location of a future health and wellbeing centre for the Llynfi Valley, but will provide further confidence about the information available upon which any decision is taken. No decision will be taken until after the Senedd election in May 2026.

CTM UHB will ensure the feasibility study information for the options under consideration, including Maesteg Hospital and the alternative Ewenny Road site, is publicly available before any decision is taken.

CTM UHB noted that Llais (an independent statutory body, set up by the Welsh Government to ensure that the views and experiences of individuals are considered in the delivery of health and wellbeing services) will be holding its own feedback event for local people at Maesteg Town Hall on 26 March 2026. The event will consider the future of health and wellbeing services in the Llynfi Valley.

Llais will provide feedback to CTM UHB, and this feedback will be the basis for further engagement with the community. The pre-election period will begin on 8 April 2026 and therefore no engagement will take place from then until after the Senedd election, which takes place on 7 May 2026.

Issues Raised by Local Representatives
Cllrs raised the wider CTM UHB service changes / delivery within the Bridgend County Borough and BCBC and CTM UHB reaffirmed their commitment to work together to deliver high-quality, accessible services for local people
Cllrs queried whether CTM UHB staff could attend the Llais event on 26 March 2026. CTM UHB confirmed staff are free to attend should they wish
Cllrs queried the Llais event format, and CTM UHB agreed to ask Llais to publicly clarify this


Next Steps
CTM UHB to share the following with Councillors and on the HealthyFuturesMaesteg website for full transparency:
Meeting Readout from 10 March 2026
Briefing on community bed provision, care home provision and Hospital@Home services in Bridgend County Borough
CTM UHB to ask Llais to confirm publicly the format for its community feedback event on Thursday 26 March 2026

28/10/2025

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Maesteg General Hospital, Neath Road, Maesteg, CF34 9PW (Freehold)
Title number: WA69691
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Title number WA69691

Registered owners Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board

Ynysmeurig House, Navigation Park, Abercynon, Mountain Ash CF45 4SN

Last sold for No price recorded

A: Property Register ,r
This register describes the land and estates comprised in this title.

Entry number Entry date

1
1977-05-13 BRIDGEND
PEN-Y-BONT AR OGWR


The Freehold land shown edged with red on the plan of the above Title filed at the Registry and being Maesteg General Hospital, Neath Road, Maesteg (CF34 9PW).

2
The mines and minerals together with ancillary
powers of working are excepted with provision for
compensation in the event of damage caused
thereby.

3
The Conveyance dated 29 March 1977 referred to
in the Charges Register contains the following
provision:-
11IT IS HEREBY DECLARED that all main or
boundary walls or fences (if any) dividing the
property hereby conveyed from adjoining property
of the Vendor which are now party walls or party
fences shallcontinue to be such and shall be so
used repaired and maintained."
4 2015-06-29 A new title plan based on the latest revision of the Ordnance Survey Map has been prepared.

B: ProprietorshipRegister
This register specifies the class of title andidentifies the owner. It contains any entries that affect the right of disposal.
Class of Title: Title absolute

Entry number Entry date

1 PROPRIETOR: CWM TAF MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY LOCAL HEALTH BOARD care of Tim
Burns, Ynysmeurig House, Navigation Park, Abercynon, Mountain Ash CF45 4SN.

2 1993-08-23 Except under an order of the registrar no charge by the proprietor of the land is to be registered or noted.

3
1993-08-23 The Transfer to the proprietor contains a covenant to observe and perform the covenants referred to in the Charges Register and of indemnity in respect
thereof.

C:Charges Register
This register contains any charges and other matters that affect the land.

Class of Title: Title absolute


Entry number Entry date

1



Th_.e Lan-d-i-s-s-u--b-ject to the following rights re ved by a Conveyance of the Land in this title andothe
land dated 3 February 1953 made between (1) John Theodore Talbot Fletcher (Vendor) (2) Percival_) Charles Fawcett and others and (3) The / Representative Body of the Churc!Do,-Wafes:-

RESERVING unto the Vendor and his successors in title infeesimple:-

(b) The right to erect build or alter any buildings or er****on upon that part of the Margam Estate retained by the Vendor or on any part or parts thereof in such manner and in such manner and in all respects as he or they may think proper notwithstanding any interference thereby occasioned to the access of Light or air to the said property or any buildings for the time being

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2 A Conveyance of the land in this title dated
March 1977 made between (1) The Representativ¢ Body of the Church in Wales (Vendor) and (2 ,t,(e
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4 1991-11-13 he land is subject to the rights gran by a Deed
dated 3 October 1991 made between (1) T Secretary of State for Wales (2) British Gas le. The said Deed also contains restrictive covenants


5 2015-06-29 The parts of the land affected thereby are subject
to the leases set out in the schedule of leases hereto.
The leases grant and reserve easements as therein mentioned.

6 Registration Date : 29.06.2015
Property Description : Surgery Premises (First Floor)
Date of Lease : 23.06.2015
Term : twenty years from and including 23.6.2015
Lessee's Title : CYM653041

7 The following are details of the covenants contained in the Conveyance dated 29 March 1977 referred to in the Charges Register:-

"FOR the benefit of the property of the Vendor the Purchaser hereby covenants with the Vendor and its assigns that the Purchaser or the persons deriving title under him will not use or occupy nor permit or suffer to be used or occupied the said premises hereby conveyed or any building or structure thereon or on any part thereof in contravention of the following restrictions:-

(A) The property hereby conveyed and any building now or at any time being thereon shall not nor shall any part thereof be used for the sale distribution or manufacture of ale beer wines spirits or other intoxicating liquors nor for any club or institution at

Secretary of State for Wales (Purchaser) contains covenants details of which are set out in the schedule of restrictive covenants hereto.

3 The land is subject to the following rights reserved by the Conveyance dated 29 March 1977 referred to above:-

11THEREare excepted and reserved unto the Vendor and its assigns full right and liberty at any time hereafter to erect and maintain on any lands of the Vendor or its assigns adjoining adjacent to or in the neighbourhood of the premises hereby conveyed any buildings or other er****ons of such height or extent as the Vendor or its assigns may think fit notwithstanding that the access of light and air over such adjoining premises to any window or other opening in any building now or at any time hereafter standing on the premises hereby conveyed may by any such building or er****on so erected be wholly or partially obstructed prejudiced reduced or interfered with (it being the intent of the parties to these presents that such access of light and air however long and under whatever circumstances the same may have been or may be enjoyed shallbe deemed to have been enjoyed by the temporary and revocable licence only of the Vendor or its assigns and not by virtue of any grant or prescription) AND there are also excepted and reserved as aforesaid the access of light and air over the premises hereby conveyed to the existing windows or other openings in all buildings now upon any land of the Vendor adjoining adjacent to or in the neighbourhood of the premises hereby conveyed to the same extent and in like manner as if such premises and the premises hereby conveyed have not at any time during the period of twenty-one years now Last past
been subject to any common ownership or common occupation and such access has been during that period enjoyed of right without interruption."

which intoxicating liquors are sold or consumed and no trade manufacture or business shall be carried on or permitted to be carried on upon the property hereb e same be use a shop but the property hereby con ed nor shall the same be used as a shop but the property hereby conveyed shall be used as a privat or public general hospital or for private residential purposes

(B) No bricks or tiles shall be made or burnt on the property hereby conveyed or any part thereof and no soilclay or sand shall be excavated therefrom except for foundations or for use in the er****on of buildings on the property hereby conveyed or any part thereof or for the purpose of laying drains of levelling the land

(C) No poster billor other advertisement of any kind shallbe fixed or displayed on the property hereby conveyed and no hoarding or structure shall be erected upon the property hereby conveyed for use for bill-posting or advertising purposes

(D) No caravan or house on wheels shall be placed on the property hereby conveyed or any part thereof.