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Wrexham MP welcomes Health Board engagement with community solutions to Maelor parking.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has responded to the suggestions that patients, residents and stakeholders put forward in Andrew Ranger MP’s Voice of Wrexham event back in November 2025.
Mr Ranger gathered the views of the public at the meeting which also which included Ken Skates MS, Wrexham County Borough Council and Wrexham AFC. Local councillor Marc Jones was also in attendance along with representatives from Llais and the Welsh Ambulance Trust. The results and suggestions were shared with those stakeholders, meeting participants as well as in the local press at the end of November.
Importantly, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board were sent the findings and invited to respond with the aim of then convening a meeting with stakeholders. Wrexham County Borough Council and Wrexham AFC expressed keenness to be involved in any further meetings and discussions on the issue. The letter sent to Mr Ranger from BCUHB acknowledged some of the ideas at the meeting were aspects they had not explored and would be willing to work with partners to understand more about how they could work.
In their reply to Mr Ranger, BCUHB acknowledged the challenges of resolving the issue and that enforcement was a popular solution amongst those who had attend Voice of Wrexham. Whilst a multi storey car park and ANPR system would be too expensive, car park management and a shuttle bus service linking the city centre car parks with the hospital are areas that the Health Board would like to explore with partners.
A meeting will now be convened between all the interested parties.
Andrew Ranger MP said “This response from the Health Board shows what can happen when patients, residents and stakeholders come together to constructively find solutions and not just focus on problems. BCUHB have shown they are willing to work with the community and stakeholders to resolve this complex issue to ensure the people of Wrexham and beyond, who need their local hospital, are able to access it.”
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