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Making big change to hospital services will need strong political leadership, says a patients' watchdog, as Welsh health boards prepare for upheaval.
Community health councils told BBC Wales that reorganisation will involve compromises and difficult decisions.
Health boards are expected to confirm plans for services in north and west Wales next week.
Others will follow in coming months in NHS changes to where and how people are treated.
Health Minister Lesley Griffiths has insisted that reform is necessary to put the NHS on a sustainable footing, but has said hospitals will not be downgraded.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20988990
Community health councils told BBC Wales that reorganisation will involve compromises and difficult decisions.
Health boards are expected to confirm plans for services in north and west Wales next week.
Others will follow in coming months in NHS changes to where and how people are treated.
Health Minister Lesley Griffiths has insisted that reform is necessary to put the NHS on a sustainable footing, but has said hospitals will not be downgraded.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20988990