Leanne Wood Assembly Member for the Rhondda

Rhondda AM Leanne Wood has visited a local optometrist to highlight the importance of regular eye tests. 

The AM for Rhondda, the Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, has thrown her support behind the campaign to keep the children’s ward open at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

Rhondda AM Leanne Wood has received assurances that a GP surgery in Maerdy will not close but has been told that reduced hours are likely to occur again.

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has called on the Labour government in Wales to reverse its cuts to the number of hospital beds in Wales to protect patient’s safety.

Plaid Cymru Leader Leanne Wood has called for an end to the discrimination of people with HIV and AIDS as well as a renewed effort to ensure those living with the disease get the support they require.

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has challenged the First Minister on the number of children and young people waiting too long for access to mental health services.

Reacting to the news that some midwifery and children’s services will be removed from the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant, Rhondda AM Leanne Wood said: “This is not shock news since this comes as a result of the final decision of the South Wales Programme in 2014.

Plaid Cymru has proposed the establishment of ‘patient hotels’ to ease pressure on hospitals.

Leanne Wood has urged the Labour Government in Wales to act swiftly after staff shortages in Cwm Taf University Health Board were laid bare.

Wales is set to become the only country in the UK with a cap on NHS workers’ pay, following a decision by the British Government to lift the cap in England.