Following the conclusion of the third and final engagement phase of the EMRTS Service Review, the updated recommendations were considered at public meetings of the seven health boards in Wales during the week beginning 8 April 2024.
The Board of Powys Teaching Health Board met on Thursday 11 April to discuss and consider updated recommendations from the NHS Wales Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service (EMRTS) Review.
The Board accepted the case for change and recognised the critical importance of addressing the level of unmet need identified by the review, and also to ensure that the proposed approach sufficiently addressed the concerns that had been raised by residents and stakeholders including by Llais, the Citizen Voice Body for health and care in Wales.
The Board agreed that further detail was needed in relation to Recommendation 4 - The Committee approves the development of a commissioning proposal for bespoke road-based enhanced and/or critical care services in rural and remote areas. They were not currently in a position to support the recommendations. (You can read the EMRTS Review final report here.)
The respective views of all seven health boards will be considered at a meeting in public of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee on 23 April 2024.
The JCC is the new national committee replacing the Emergency Ambulance Services Committee, Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, and the National Collaborative Commissioning Unit from 1 April 2024.
