A new state of the art hub aimed at cutting NHS Wales waiting
times and improving access to treatment is being backed by £121m
Welsh Government funding.
The funding for Llantrisant Health Park will see six new
operating theatres built and 54 beds provided at a purpose-built
facility initially focusing on hip and knee replacement surgery.
The Regional Orthopaedic Arthroplasty Hub will also include
diagnostic and recovery facilities, helping patients get back on
their feet more quickly after surgery.
Once open, the Hub will deliver on average 3,000 operations per
year. Health and Care Minister, said this demonstrates
the scale of this new Welsh Government's ambition and purpose in
delivering on its key priority of reducing inherited waiting
times, and building longer term sustainability into the system to
keep waits down.
Three University Health Boards - Cwm Taf Morgannwg, Aneurin Bevan
and Cardiff and Vale, are working together on the project. Work
on the new facility is due to start this month, with construction
expected to finish by late 2028 and the hub opening to patients
in early 2029.
The new hub builds on the site's earlier transformation from a
former aircraft engineering factory into a health campus and
forms the next phase of a wider plan to create modern,
purpose-built facilities for planned care in south east Wales.
By bringing hip and knee surgery together in one dedicated
centre, the hub is expected to help ensure no patient in the
region waits longer than 36 weeks for treatment by 2030. Doctors
also expect to treat more patients more quickly and help more
people go home on the same day as their operation.
Cabinet Minister for Health and Care, , said: "This funding is a
significant boost to the construction of a new purpose-built
facility at Llantrisant Health Park - designed to cut waiting
times and get people the treatment they need faster.
Once open, the new Hub will carry out thousands of operations and
embed lasting sustainability into the system. This is what real
investment in the NHS looks like - not a quick fix, but the
capacity we need to clear the backlog and keep waiting times down
for the future.
