Welsh Government urged to improve services at Pembroke Dock surgery
Calls are being made on the Welsh Government to make urgent improvements to the services currently being offered at the Argyle Street Medical Centre in Pembroke Dock.
Despite being one of the largest surgeries in Wales treating over 22,000 patients, the medical centre is currently being served by just eight registered GPs.
Now patients are being urged to lobby the Welsh Government in a bid to improve the services currently on offer.
“It isn’t just a question of not being able to get through on the phone, which is one of the biggest problems, but patients who are having continued care are not able to get back to see their doctor or their nurse practitioner,” commented the county councillor for Pembroke and Monkton, Cllr Jonathan Grimes,
“Unless new GPs come forward, there’s very little that can be done. Our only lifeline is to try and engage with patients and get them to lobby the Welsh Government.”
The Argyle Medical Centre’s figures contrast sharply with other south Wales surgeries where high patient numbers are compensated by a greater number of GPs. The Cwmtawe Medical Group in Swansea, for example, has 24,701 patients and 17 GPs while the Sketty and Killay surgery has 18 GPs serving 21,652 patients.
Cllr Grimes is now urging patients to contact either himself or the local Senedd Member, Samuel Kurtz, so they can compile a list of issues which can then be presented to both the Welsh Government and the Hywel Dda University Health Board.
“Improvements have got to be made,” concluded Jonathan Grimes. “The number of GPs at the Pembroke Dock surgery has been dwindling for several years but at the same time, the population has increased.”
Welsh Government urged to improve services at Pembroke Dock surgery
Calls are being made on the Welsh Government to make urgent improvements to the services currently being offered at the Argyle Street Medical Centre in Pembroke Dock.
Despite being one of the largest surgeries in Wales treating over 22,000 patients, the medical centre is currently being served by just eight registered GPs.
Now patients are being urged to lobby the Welsh Government in a bid to improve the services currently on offer.
“It isn’t just a question of not being able to get through on the phone, which is one of the biggest problems, but patients who are having continued care are not able to get back to see their doctor or their nurse practitioner,” commented the county councillor for Pembroke and Monkton, Cllr Jonathan Grimes,
“Unless new GPs come forward, there’s very little that can be done. Our only lifeline is to try and engage with patients and get them to lobby the Welsh Government.”
The Argyle Medical Centre’s figures contrast sharply with other south Wales surgeries where high patient numbers are compensated by a greater number of GPs. The Cwmtawe Medical Group in Swansea, for example, has 24,701 patients and 17 GPs while the Sketty and Killay surgery has 18 GPs serving 21,652 patients.
Cllr Grimes is now urging patients to contact either himself or the local Senedd Member, Samuel Kurtz, so they can compile a list of issues which can then be presented to both the Welsh Government and the Hywel Dda University Health Board.
“Improvements have got to be made,” concluded Jonathan Grimes. “The number of GPs at the Pembroke Dock surgery has been dwindling for several years but at the same time, the population has increased.”