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Welsh health board considers closing urgent primary care centres at three hospitals
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 ur
Published Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 13:13

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...
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