Changing Orthopaedic Services for the Future - Public Engagement

Update: Changing Orthopaedic Services for the Future - Public Engagement is still open for Swansea Bay patients on the Cwm Taf Morgannwg waiting list, until 23^rd May 2023.

Neath Port Talbot Hospital will be a centre of excellence for orthopaedic and spinal care, diagnostics, urology, rehabilitation and rheumatology.

Public engagement on Changing Orthopaedic Services for the Future is from 20th February until 14th April 2023.

To read the proposals in full, follow this link to the Changing Orthopaedic Services for the Future engagement document.

The British Sign Language (BSL) version of the proposals for the Changing Orthopaedic Services for the Future Public Engagement can be accessed on YouTube via this link.

The British Sign Language (BSL) version of the questionnaire for the Changing Orthopaedic Services for the Future Public Engagement can be accessed on YouTube via this link.

An easy read document containing our plans for Orthopaedic Services - Changing Orthopaedic Services for the Future - can be accessed via this link in PDF format.

An easy read document containing a response form for our plans for Orthopaedic Services - Changing Orthopaedic Services for the Future - can be accessed via this link in PDF format.

It is also available in Welsh, large print (English and Welsh), audio disk (English and Welsh), British Sign Language video, Easy Read and Braille.  You can request these by ringing 01639 683355 or by emailing SBU.engagement@wales.nhs.uk.

Below you will find details of the different ways you can contact us and get involved in this engagement.  

You can let us know what you think by:

Filling in the response form linked here.

Writing to us:

Chief Executive, Swansea Bay UHB, One Talbot Gateway, Baglan, SA12 7BR

Emailing us: SBU.engagement@wales.nhs.uk

Phoning us and leaving a message: (01639) 683355

Contacting us on Facebook: Link to our Facebook page here

Contacting us on Twitter: Link to our Twitter account here

Alternatively, you can let the Community Health Council know your views by writing to them at:

Swansea Bay Community Health Council, Cimla Hospital, Cimla, Neath, SA11 3SU

Or emailing them: swanseabay@waleschc.org.uk

Although the Community Health Councils in Wales are being replaced by Llais, the new Citizens’ Voice Body from 1^st April 2023, arrangements have been put in place to ensure that any views sent to the Swansea Bay CHC will be transferred to Llais so there will not be any disruption to this or other engagements as a result.

Information Sessions 

We will be holding some face-to-face community events and online sessions to talk to people about these changes and get their views as we normally do.

For more information about the face-to-face and online sessions, please follow this link to a Word document.

Please note: The online session taking place Wednesday 15^th March, 2:00PM – 4:00PM, has been cancelled. This session will be rearranged and a new date will be publicised soon.

Thank you for reading this and giving us your views.