Three Centres of Excellence

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Our proposals involve developing our three main hospitals in Swansea Bay (Morriston, Singleton and Neath Port Talbot) as ‘centres of excellence’ for different types of care. We have been looking at the skills and resources we have now, as well as planning for the best way to allocate resources in future. We want to deliver health and care services that are local where possible, specialist where necessary.

Making each of our main hospitals a centre of excellence for different services means that not all services will be provided at each of the three main hospitals. Rather than viewing each of our hospitals as serving just their local area we aim for each site to serve the whole of the Swansea Bay area as part of a network of specialist healthcare provision.

By concentrating different skills, resources and specialisms on each site, each hospital will become a ‘powerhouse’ for these services, providing specialist treatments to a higher standard than we are currently able to offer under the model of general hospitals. We believe this approach will mean that waiting lists become shorter and patients will be able to access the treatments they need faster.

Subject to this engagement programme we propose to develop our three main hospitals as follows:

Morriston will become the centre of excellence for urgent and emergency care, specialist care and regional surgical services for Swansea Bay, including complex medical interventions. This is a general principle which has already been outlined and agreed in past public engagements.

Singleton will become a centre of excellence for planned care, cancer care and diagnostic. It will become our powerhouse for planned operations, day case treatments, short stay care and a place for clinical diagnostics (X-Ray, MRI and CT scanning and pathology).

Neath Port Talbot will become a centre of excellence for orthopaedic and spinal care, diagnostics, rehabilitation and rheumatology. Some of these services have been stretched by the pandemic and waiting lists have become too long, especially for those suffering pain and discomfort waiting for knee, hip or back surgery. We recognised we need to take steps to address the problems and improve the situation for patients and staff alike.

If you would like to know more, please explore this website, review the engagement document and take our survey.


Our proposals involve developing our three main hospitals in Swansea Bay (Morriston, Singleton and Neath Port Talbot) as ‘centres of excellence’ for different types of care. We have been looking at the skills and resources we have now, as well as planning for the best way to allocate resources in future. We want to deliver health and care services that are local where possible, specialist where necessary.

Making each of our main hospitals a centre of excellence for different services means that not all services will be provided at each of the three main hospitals. Rather than viewing each of our hospitals as serving just their local area we aim for each site to serve the whole of the Swansea Bay area as part of a network of specialist healthcare provision.

By concentrating different skills, resources and specialisms on each site, each hospital will become a ‘powerhouse’ for these services, providing specialist treatments to a higher standard than we are currently able to offer under the model of general hospitals. We believe this approach will mean that waiting lists become shorter and patients will be able to access the treatments they need faster.

Subject to this engagement programme we propose to develop our three main hospitals as follows:

Morriston will become the centre of excellence for urgent and emergency care, specialist care and regional surgical services for Swansea Bay, including complex medical interventions. This is a general principle which has already been outlined and agreed in past public engagements.

Singleton will become a centre of excellence for planned care, cancer care and diagnostic. It will become our powerhouse for planned operations, day case treatments, short stay care and a place for clinical diagnostics (X-Ray, MRI and CT scanning and pathology).

Neath Port Talbot will become a centre of excellence for orthopaedic and spinal care, diagnostics, rehabilitation and rheumatology. Some of these services have been stretched by the pandemic and waiting lists have become too long, especially for those suffering pain and discomfort waiting for knee, hip or back surgery. We recognised we need to take steps to address the problems and improve the situation for patients and staff alike.

If you would like to know more, please explore this website, review the engagement document and take our survey.


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