Sir, At a recent meeting of the Community Health Council, it came to light that very few people are reporting any negative experiences, issues, complaints, problems that they have had following the removal of services from Withybush Hospital to Glangwili Hospital. There have been many instances on social media - Facebook etc to highlight issues that have happened because of the changes. For example, issues of deteriorating health due to the journey, travel issues, parking issues, waiting issues etc. The changes in service have to be reviewed to ensure the safety of the public and to ensure that the services are running properly. There is a monitoring group which reports to the health board every few weeks. It is very important that if you have problems that you report it to the Pembrokeshire Community Health Council who are the public's health service watchdog. The Welsh Assembly have a duty to review the changes, and if problems are not fully reported, it will appear that there are no issues and everything is fine. We all know this is not the case. The health board will ignore stories in the press and on Facebook etc., but they cannot ignore your 'official' complaints. Please, if you have had - are having - or have in the future - a negative experience involving maternity or paediatric care, you must tell the Community Health Council. You can telephone, e-mail or write to them. This can be done anonymously if you prefer not to give your name. The contact details are by telephone 01646 697610 (when told, press 1 for the Pembrokeshire branch of CHC), e-mail [email protected]">[email protected], write to Pembrokeshire Community Health Council, Suite 1, Cedar Court, Haven's Head, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, SA73 3LS. Please do this as it could save a life and make a huge difference to our services at our hospital. Thank you.

Lyn Neville, Pembrokeshire Cancer Support.