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Staff say now they\u2019ve been told by Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board that the department will be staying in Treorchy(Image: WalesOnline\/Rob Browne)<\/p>\nWhen staff were moved last year over safety concerns with the roof they said they were told the move would be temporary, but they now say they’ve been told they won’t be returning to the hospitalStaff say now they\u2019ve been told by Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board that the department will be staying in Treorchy(Image: WalesOnline\/Rob Browne)<\/p>\n
A Welsh health board overseeing work at a hospital with structural building concerns has reportedly told staff members who had temporarily had to work elsewhere due to worries over patient and staff safety that they won\u2019t be able to return.<\/p>\n
Staff who had worked on ward 19 at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend<\/a> say they were told they\u2019d be temporarily posted to another of the health board\u2019s sites at Ysbyty George Thomas (YGT) in Treorchy after problems emerged with the roof at the Princess of Wales Hospital.<\/p>\n Structural issues with the roof at the hospital had meant it had rotted and overnight 10 wards had to be evacuated last year. <\/a>Some wards were moved to other areas of the hospital while other departments had to move to other parts of the region, in some cases quite far away.<\/p>\n The people\u2019s care provision unit, which was previously in ward 19, was deemed too unsafe to operate in had been moved 15 miles away to YGT.<\/p>\n Staff members working in that department who wished to remain anonymous have told WalesOnline they were told this move was described to them as temporary. For the biggest stories in Wales first, sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n But they say now they\u2019ve been told by Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board that the department will be staying in Treorchy. Staff who were also temporarily posted to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Pontyclun say they\u2019ve also received the same notices about that situation being made permanent with transport no longer being accommodated.<\/p>\n The health board says the situation is still in a consultation process which involves staff and isn’t to do with structural concerns at the hospital which they say is being remedied.<\/p>\n Nurses have said what is equally difficult is that the public transport which had been put on for them is being taken away from next month as part of the reported changes. One said: \u201cWhile the roof was leaking most of the wards were moved elsewhere and we\u2019ve now been told we aren\u2019t moving back. The staff are devastated.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_CDF_171220_CF_AE_Wales_002JPG.jpg\")
Some staff say they’re unhappy with the plans to base them permanently elsewhere – in some cases quite far away from Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend(Image: Chris Fairweather\/Huw Evans Agency)<\/p>\n
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The plan is to move the staff to a much smaller site at YGT in Treorchy, pictured here(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n