Carmarthenshire: Residents ‘feel unsafe’ amid lack of healthcare

Ms Hayward, 62, called the lack of services in the area “terrible”, adding: “Llanelli is completely forgotten about.”

There are also concerns that a new development plan for about 200 homes and an 84-bed care home will mean an increase in patients and demand.

“We’ve got houses being built around the area, we just haven’t got room for them. There’s no room in the doctors,” she said.

She added: “You phone at 08:30 in the morning and you’re 60 behind.

“You can’t get an appointment from one day to the next, yet they’re going to build houses and bring in more people.”

Yvonne Hogan, 76, from Llwynhendy, said she felt unsafe: “People can’t be seen, you can phone up and you’re on the phone for three or four hours.”