Save Sarn Surgery Working Group Page

04/04/2026

We’d like to share our Save Sarn Surgery Community Working Group Report, which was submitted on 2nd April to Hywel Dda University Health Board.
This report was prepared in response to the Vacant Practice Panel’s recommendation to close Meddygfa’r Sarn. We have asked the Health Board to carefully consider our findings as part of their decision-making process.
Thank you to everyone in the community who continues to support this important cause.

04/04/2026

Final reminder to get comments on Meddygfa'r Sarn GP Surgery into Hywel Dda Health Board by the consultation closing date – 6th April – Easter Monday.

I attended the public engagement event in Carway Hall on Tuesday, and once again stressed to the Board how important it is to put patients first and keep premises and regular surgeries in Pontiets.

The Board really needs to look at the best way to GUARANTEE that…an arrangement which would be unlikely to appeal to an Independent GP surgery from outside Pontiets. The Board already control Minyrafon, so they could control and guarantee the provision of surgeries in Pontiets.

A big thank you to everyone who has voiced opinions to the Board and especially the Save Sarn Surgery Working Group Page for all the work they have put into their comprehensive report.

28/03/2026

Reminder - additional drop in event for Meddygfa’r Sarn patients in Carway

An additional public drop in session has been arranged for people to find out more and to share their views on the proposed changes to GP services at Meddygfa’r Sarn in Pontyates.

🗓 Tuesday 31 March 2026
🕑 2:00pm - 6:30pm
📍 Carway Hall, SA17 4HE

Anyone is welcome to drop in to speak with representatives from the health board.

Thank you to everyone who has attended a drop in so far or completed the survey. If you haven’t shared your views yet, there is still time.

You can complete the questionnaire posted to your home if you are a registered patient at Meddygfa’r Sarn or fill it in online via the Have Your Say website www.haveyoursay.hduhb.wales.nhs.uk.

People can also share their views by calling the health board’s Communications Hub on 0300 303 8322 (option 5), emailing ask.hdd@wales.nhs.uk, or contacting Llais via westwalesenquiries@llaiscymru.org or 01646 697610.

All feedback submitted by 6 April 2026 will be considered as part of the engagement process.

19/03/2026

Campaigners in Pontyates lodge formal complaint over plans to close Meddygfa’r Sarn GP surgery, raising concerns about consultation process and patient impact.

14/03/2026

Wanted, volunteers with mobility issues and parents with prams. Please DM us.

14/03/2026

10/03/2026

We really need to get as many signatures on our main petition as possible within the next week. Please sign if you haven't already (this is not the Senedd petition so please sign this too) and please share far and wide :)

This doesn't just affect us residents in Pontyates don't forget. It also will affect the residents of neighbouring villages who already struggle to get appointments at their local surgeries (Imagine how much harder it would be with an extra 1,000 patients added to your Surgery's books in one go!)

Thanks in advance!

https://www.change.org/p/save-meddygfa-r-sarn-gp-surgery-in-pontyates?recruited_by_id=6737a490-fa21-11f0-a935-0d434125feb6&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_promote_or_share&utm_term=psf&utm_medium=facebook

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Mae gwir angen i ni gael cymaint o lofnodion â phosibl ar ein prif ddeiseb o fewn yr wythnos nesaf. Llofnodwch os nad ydych chi eisoes wedi gwneud hynny (nid deiseb y Senedd yw hon felly llofnodwch hon hefyd) a rhannwch yn eang :)

Nid yw hyn yn effeithio arnom ni drigolion Pont-iets yn unig, peidiwch ag anghofio. Bydd hefyd yn effeithio ar drigolion pentrefi cyfagos sydd eisoes yn cael trafferth cael apwyntiadau yn eu meddygfeydd lleol (Dychmygwch faint yn anoddach fyddai hi gyda 1,000 o gleifion ychwanegol yn cael eu hychwanegu at lyfrau eich Meddygfa ar unwaith!)

Diolch ymlaen llaw!

Save Meddygfa’r Sarn GP Surgery in Pontyates

03/03/2026

🚨 Volunteers Needed! 🚨

Hywel Dda is holding an extra engagement session at Carwe Hall on Tuesday 31st March (2.00pm–6.30pm) for patients at affected surgeries — and we need your help to spread the word!

📣 We’re looking for volunteers to deliver flyers and posters.

If you can help, please come along to Pontyates Welfare Hall on Monday 9th March at 7.00pm.

Your support can make a real difference — thank you! 💙

03/03/2026

Bydd Hywel Dda yn cynnal sesiwn ymgysylltu arall yn Neuadd Carwe Ddydd Mawrth 31 Mawrth (2.00pm–6.30pm) ar gyfer cleifion y meddygfeydd cyfagos - mae angen eich help chi i'w hysbysebu!

📣Mae angen gwirfoddolwyr i ddobarthu taflenni a phosteri.

Dych chi'n gallu helpu? Dewch draw i Neuadd Pontiets ddydd Llun 9 Mawrth am 7.00 y.h.

Bydd eich cymorth chi yn gwneud gwahaniaeth mawr - diolch! 💙

02/03/2026

02/03/2026

Remember you can have your say: Hywel Dda drop-in session: Tuesday 3rd March 3pm to 6pm, Pontyberem Memorial Hall. Stand with our communities and be counted.
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