Slimmed-down scheme for new hospital unveiled

CRITICS SAY LONG-DELAYED LATEST PLAN 'AN INSULT... TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE'

- By OWEN HUGHES Chief Reporter

A “PARED-BACK” scheme for a new hospital in Rhyl has been put out to consultation by Betsi Cadwaladr health board ahead of a planning application being submitted.

This would see a 14 bed hospital ward alongside a new Minor Injuries and Ailments Unit (MIAU), a dental facility and new radiology unit.

Back in 2013 plans for a new £22m hospital in a North Wales seaside town were backed by Welsh Government.

Under the proposal the 30-bed facility on the site of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Rhyl would have opened in 2016.

But nine years after that projected opening date and the scheme for a new hospital at the site was originally granted permission back in 2020.

However, progression of the previous redevelopment scheme was hit by implications from the Covid pandemic, and in turn significantly increased development costs.