* The new Llangollen Health Centre where a pharmacy will eventually be based.
HEALTH officials are still in the process of deciding on an application to move the existing pharmacy in Regent Street to Llangollen’s new health centre.
A
number of people have been asking why a pharmacy has not yet opened in the £5 million
new facility in Mill Street on the site of the old River Lodge.
Llanblogger
asked for a statement from the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, which
runs the health centre, and has received the following reply:
“Following
the confirmation that the new primary care centre in Llangollen would be built,
the health board received three applications to open a new pharmacy on the
site, in addition to the existing pharmacy in the town.
“The
board considered the applications for an additional pharmacy and concluded that
this was not necessary to ensure that an adequate pharmaceutical service
was available to the local population.
“As
provided for in the national regulations which govern the application and
decision making procedures, this decision was subject to appeal by the
applicants and was referred to Welsh Government.
“Welsh
Government dismissed the appeals and an application to relocate the existing
pharmacy from Regent Street to the new primary care centre has now been
received.
“The
board is in the process of consulting prior to making a decision on this
application as is required by the regulations.
“Comments
on the application will be received up until December 4th 2015,
after which a decision will be made.”
How can BCUHB consult properly with those affected if it only tells us a few days before that consultations close on the 4th December? The residents of Llangollen may not want an out of town centre Pharmacy when they currently have access to one which is centrally located.
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