Plans to enhance services at a community medical institution which has misplaced a dementia ward and minor injuries unit in current years have been met with skepticism.
The Aneurin Bevan health board said humans in Chepstow may also no longer want to tour for outpatient remedy.
Associate director Melanie Laidler hailed a “thrilling possibility” to expand integrated offerings.
However, ex-Chepstow city councilor Stephanie Dovey claimed “years of guarantees” had now not come to fruition.
Health bosses outlined the plans to create nearby hubs to Monmouthshire county councilors and Chepstow citizens at a meeting.
They claimed the reorganization might make existence easier for folks that faced parking troubles and neglected appointments by using having to go to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport.
The fitness board said Chepstow Community Hospital performed a “pivotal position” in nearby fitness care, with clinics presenting Warfarin checks and audiology offerings already getting “advantageous affected person remarks”.
A deep vein thrombosis hospital was additionally set to be released in the subsequent six months, a spokeswoman delivered.
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Monmouthshire county councilor Jez Becker stated the proposals represented a U-turn after the closure of the dementia ward and minor accidents unit in recent years.
“What they have stated may be very advantageous – however it is a case of whether what they are saying matches as much as what they do,” he informed the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Ms. Dovey became additionally skeptical, claiming the health center changed into “no greater than a glorified doctor’s surgical operation”.
However, Ms. Laidler disregarded any claims she becomes “here to speak idle promises”.
The plans could be in addition mentioned at a special meeting of Monmouthshire council’s adults pick committee on Monday.
