Gorseinon Hospital has stood at the heart of the community since 1936, providing vital local care, rehabilitation, and step-down services to generations of residents.

The initial proposal to move 30 sub-acute West Ward inpatient beds from Gorseinon Hospital to Singleton Hospital represented a significant shift in local healthcare delivery. While decision-makers framed these measures as temporary consolidations to resolve operational and staffing pressures, it is now associated with a public consultation to make this change permanent; transferring beds away from Gorseinon creates immediate and long-term disruptions for local residents.  

​These negative impacts on the Gorseinon Community can easily be summarised;

1. ​Loss of Accessible, Local Care: Moving beds to Singleton forces patients—many of whom are elderly or recovering from acute illness—out of their immediate community.  

2. ​Travel Burden on Families and Visitors: Relocating care to Singleton places a heavy logistical and financial burden on relatives, caregivers, and visitors who rely on public transport or face difficult commutes into central Swansea.

3. ​Creeping Centralisation: "Temporary" bed relocations in community hospitals often establish a precedent for permanent service reduction, eroding the functional scope of local facilities bit by bit.  

4. ​Strain on Integrated Services: Local step-down beds play a crucial role in seamless discharge planning, working alongside local social care and reablement teams. Disconnecting these beds from the immediate area fractures community-level integration.

​So just how appreciated is Gorseinon Hospital?

Gorseinon Hospital is a cornerstone of the local healthcare landscape. It provides high-quality, compassionate step-down and rehabilitation care that allows patients to recover closer to home. The hospital bridges the gap between acute ward stays and returning home, easing pressure on major regional emergency departments while offering patients a familiar, reassuring environment. The deep affection local families hold for the staff and facility stems from generations of dedicated, community-focused care; which has spaned the last 90 years.

So ​why are we petitioning local authorities, Government Bodies, and the Welsh NHS?

​Easy, it is to protect Local Healthcare Infrastructure: We urge Swansea Bay University Health Board, local authorities, and Welsh Government ministers to recognise that community hospitals are essential, not optional and long-term provide a financially viable form of healthcare and route to discharge without using resources form Major Care Centres.

Okay, so what are your aims?

​To Halt Service Erosion: Petitioning demands a firm, binding commitment that inpatient beds will remain anchored in Gorseinon, preventing temporary measures from becoming permanent losses.

​To Ensure Genuine Consultation: The petition demands that decision-makers listen to patient experiences, local representatives, and staff before stripping key assets from community facilities - especially based off one consultation, where most of the impacted residents cannot access the material. 

​To Support Long-Term Investment: Rather than centralising services away, public bodies must invest directly in workforce retention and infrastructure at Gorseinon Hospital, preserving safe, local care for generations to come.  

Sign our petition and help preserve 90 years of healthcare.