So is the announcement on the future of Llandudno Hospital by Health Minister Edwina Hart a betrayal of hospital campaigners, as Conservative AM for Clwyd West Darren Millar says?
“This is a hammer blow to the people of Llandudno and all those who use the hospital. Despite all her warm words of reassurance the minister is simply rubber stamping recommendations in the Designed for North Wales report which caused so much public outrage across the region in the run-up to last year’s elections. More than 17,000 people have signed petitions rejecting the removal of these vital services at the hospital. The Labour-Plaid government has ignored those concerns. By removing such services from Llandudno they have put the hospital’s future at serious risk. Many voted for Plaid Cymru last May on the basis that acute services at Llandudno Hospital would not be withdrawn. People will not forget this betrayal.”
Or is it a victory for hospital campaigners, as Plaid's Aberconwy AM Gareth Jones says?
"As a result of the Minister’s statement today we can safely say that we have achieved our three objectives. Our thanks go to all the people for their overwhelming support for the campaign, without which we wouldn’t be where we are today. Let no-one deny either, the difference that Plaid in the One Wales Government now makes to the lives of the people of Wales. Mr Frank Burns’ contribution with his stunning report and Edwina Hart’s guts and determination to make it happen should also be recognised.”
They can't both be right, surely?