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Welsh health board considers closing urgent primary care centres at three hospitals
UK NewsHealth•November 1, 2026 at 1:13 PMNational

Welsh health board considers closing urgent primary care centres at three hospitals

By Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Holyhead, Tremadog and Bangor UPCCs may shut as Betsi Cadwaladr University health board struggles with fundingA struggling Welsh health board could close urgent primary care centres at three hospitals, citing funding and recruitment issues, prompting widespread criticism.Betsi Cadwaladr University health board, which serves about a quarter of Wales’s population, said it was consulting on ending urgent primary care centres (UPCCs) at Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley in Holyhead, Ysbyty Alltwen in Tremadog and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor by April 2027. Continue reading...

Holyhead, Tremadog and Bangor UPCCs may shut as Betsi Cadwaladr University health board struggles with funding

A struggling Welsh health board could close urgent primary care centres at three hospitals, citing funding and recruitment issues, prompting widespread criticism.

Betsi Cadwaladr University health board, which serves about a quarter of Wales’s population, said it was consulting on ending urgent primary care centres (UPCCs) at Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley in Holyhead, Ysbyty Alltwen in Tremadog and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor by April 2027.

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