Llanelli Labour politicians attack injury unit cuts

Nia Griffith, the Labour MP for Llanelli and a Wales Office minister, said on social media network X, external she was “very concerned” at the proposals at the MIU.

On the day of the board meeting she said she had asked the board why the decision was taken before a consultation, and had asked for more to be done to keep the unit “permanently open 24/7”.

Llanelli town mayor, Labour councillor John Prosser, has written to Wales’ health minister calling on him to intervene.

Mr Prosser wrote the letter as secretary of Save Our Services Prince Philip Action Network (SOSPPAN), a campaign group he told BBC Wales was “apolitical”.

“People in Llanelli are up in arms,” said the mayor, who said he stayed overnight at the protest camp.

“Staff are very supportive. Nobody wants to see it close down, because if they close it at night it will never be re-opened, we just don’t believe them.”