Councillors from both sides of the Powys-Shropshire border are concerned.
The Welsh Air Ambulance could move away from Welshpool
"We need to be briefed as Powys County Council have and we must be included in their consultation," Councillor Kidd is set to tell a meeting of Shropshire Council's ruling cabinet next week. The Lib Dem councillor joined forces with her party colleagues Danny Bebb from Churchstoke in Powys, Nigel Hartin, from Clun, and Ruth Houghton, from Bishop’s Castle, to jointly express that they are appalled by"the suggestion that our area should lose this key facility".Councillor Bebb said: “The air ambulance has put forward a number of reasons behind this proposed move. Prominent amongst these is the supposed lack of ability to operate at night from Welshpool.
Mr George had written to the First Minister asking him to clarify confusion over data that supported the proposals to move the Wales Air Ambulance base, closing its site at Welshpool Airport. He has replied to Mr George setting out the current situation over the proposals writing: “No decisions have been made about any change to where the service is based and a formal proposal has not yet been submitted. The All-Wales Board of Community Health Councils is currently discussing the arrangements for the engagement around the service development proposal and it is expected the proposal will be formally submitted at the start of next month. A decision will be made in early 2023.
A spokesman for the Wales Ambulance Service explained that the analysis and proposals have been put forward by the charity's medical partners, the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service .
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