Ryan Thomas

Some information below about a Syria Sir Gâr meeting in Kidwelly area.

Following a difficult period for Meddygfa Minafon over the past 18 or so months it was decided that a patient participation group (PPG) be established to act as a forum for the views of patients to the surgery management and health board. I attended the first formal meeting of the PPG on Tuesday (24 January) in Trimsaran. There had been an initial, although informal, meeting of the group last year in Ferryside. The PPG hopes to become a joint venture between patients, the practice and the Community Health Council (CHC) that will meet the following aims: Work with the practice to give a patient perspective; Communicate the ‘view on the street’ to the practice; Test new ideas for services; and To increase awareness of health services, share information and communicate with the community. The PPG will not be a forum to raise individual complaints or to pursue personal vendettas. Any such complaints should, in the first instance, be directed to the practice manager. However, general concer...

A request has been received for the temporary road closure of U2226 Outside Cottage, Mynyddygarreg from a point 410 metres south-west of its junction with the C2068 for a total distance of 80 metres in a south-westerly direction. The closure is necessary for Welsh Water to repair a water service from 0800 hours to 1800 hours Sunday 29th January 2017. The alternative route for south- west bound traffic will be to proceed in a north-easterly direction along the U2226 to its junction with the C2068. At the junction, turn right and continue in a north-easterly direction along the C2068 to its junction with the C2057 (Four Roads). At the junction, turn right and continue in a south-westerly direction along the C2057 to its junction with the U2241. At the junction, turn right and continue in a north-westerly direction along the U2241 to its junction with the U2226. At the junction, turn right and continue in a north-easterly direction to return to a point south-west of the closure. Vice Vers...

The latest meeting in the series of meetings between the Health Board and the Labour Party team representing Kidwelly was held on 22 nd December 2016. The Labour Team representing Kidwelly of Nia Griffith MP, (accompanied by Suzy Curry, her Senior Parliamentary Assistant), Cllr. Ryan Thomas (the County Councillor for Kidwelly), Cllr. Mike Thomas and Cllr. Philip Thompson (both Kidwelly Town Councillors). The Health Board was again represented at a senior level team of Rachel Pompa, Head of General Medicine and Anne Jenkins, the Practice Manager of Meddygfa Minafon. Following the meeting Nia Griffith MP and Councillors Ryan Thomas, Mike Thomas and Philip Thompson in consultation with Lee Waters AM, who has been actively pursuing the surgery’s issues in the Senedd, released the following statement: “At this meeting we had further positive discussions on amongst other things: 1: Recruitment : The Surgery has been able to recruit a further three part time GPs including one woman doctor to...

The Labour Team representing Kidwelly of Nia Griffith MP, Cllr. Ryan Thomas (the County Councillor for Kidwelly), Cllr. Mike Thomas and Cllr. Philip Thompson (both Kidwelly Town Councillors), have held a further meeting in their series of meetings with Hywel Dda’s senior management and the local practice manager about the difficulties faced by the surgery. This meeting also followed on from Lee Waters AM raising the problem of GP recruitment at the surgery in the Senedd at First Minister’s Questions. This third meeting in the series on 19th September 2016 was attended by Nia, Ryan, Mike and Phil accompanied by Suzy Curry, (Senior Parliamentary Assistant to Nia Griffith MP) representing the Health Board was Rachel Pompa, Head of General Medicine and Anne Jenkins, the Practice Manager of Meddygfa Minafon. Following the meeting Nia Griffith MP and Councillors Ryan Thomas, Mike Thomas and Philip Thompson released the following statement: “We are pleased to have been able to continue what h...