The closure of Anchorage Day Care Centre in Pembroke Dock has prompted a question in the Senedd, but the answer just led to frustration.<br />Following contact from a number of concerned constituents with their fears over the proposed closure, Samuel Kurtz MS raised the topic with the Leader of the House (Trefnydd) in the Senedd. <br />He called for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on the provision of adult day care centres in Wales.<br />The Pembrokeshire County Council-owned Anchorage Centre “provides a safe place for a number of our most vulnerable adults,” said Mr Kurtz, “with one family member describing it as a ‘family’ which could be split up if the Council’s plans come to fruition.”<br />The centre is earmarked for closure despite a petition signed by hundreds calling for it to remain open.<br />Citing Welsh Government statutory guidance for adult placement services, he told the Senedd: “Family members of those who attend Anchorage believe that the actions of Pembrokeshire County Council have contravened those regulations.”<br />Of the response he got, the Senedd Member said it “was unnecessarily political, ignoring the fact that there are people involved here.”<br />“It frustrated me no end,” he added.
