Service Update During Strike Action

On Thursday 15 December and Tuesday 20 December, services at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board will be affected by the RCN strike action.

In preparing for these two dates, the Health Board has been working to preserve as many services as possible to maintain patient safety with minimal disruption.

Emergency Department and Critical Care services will continue to be available for the most serious and urgent patients, while patients expecting planned treatment or inpatient surgery will be rearranged as soon as possible. 

In addition, all Community Vaccination Centres will be closed for the day for all immunisation appointments.  Those affected by this closure have been informed, their appointments cancelled, and new appointments sent out. There will also be no walk-in appointments on 15 December (20 December is currently being considered and will be confirmed in due course).

Patients with planned treatment or appointments on the strike days affected are being contacted directly by respective booking teams with details about rearranged appointments.

For patients directly affected by these changes, the Health Board appreciates this may be frustrating but hopes the public understand the need to keep services safe.

The Health Board respects the right of colleagues to participate in or support lawful strike action in a peaceful and safe manner, appreciating the reasons why many colleagues voted in favour of striking and thanks all patients, public, and communities for their understanding in this matter.

14/12/2022