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Practice History  Hanes yr Ymarfer


The Premises

Before 1990 the Practice was based at Maesycoed Surgery in Garth RoadOur new premises in Glandwr ParcOur branch surgery in Llanwrtyd Wells opened in May 1995

In 1990 the Practice moved to the current premises in Glandwr Parc.
Prior to that the surgery was at Maesycoed in Garth Road.

In Llanwrtyd Wells the Health Centre opened on May 16th, 1995. Prior to that consultations took place in temporary accommodation on the car park!

The Doctors

Dr Baldock Fry, Dr Spencer (retired 1926), Dr Stephen Pugh (1926- 1948), Dr Black-Jones (retired 1930), Dr G Driver (retired 1946), Dr P Russell, Dr Price, Drs Venn Pugh, Dr Ian Pugh, and Dr Ken Pugh.


Post NHS:
1974 Dr Clifford Fenn (Llanwrtyd Wells, 1946 - 1974) was succeeded by Dr Roger Harriss (1974 - 1997)

1976 Dr Donald Cameron (1946 - 1976) was succeeded by Terry Watson (1976 - 2001)

1977 Dr Kendrick Pugh was succeeded by Dr Vivian Davies (1977 - 2001)

1978 Dr Venn Pugh was succeeded by Dr Martin Riley (1978 - 2009)

Dr Clifford Fenn Dr Donald Cameron The Doctors Pugh - seated Dr Stephen Pugh, L-R: Dr Venn, Dr Kendrick, Dr Ian. Dr Ken Pugh

1979 Dr Robbie Gibbins

1994 Dr Elaine Davies (1994 - 2002)

1997 Dr Roger Harriss was succeeded by Dr Richard Walters

Doctors 1997: L to R - Dr Roger Harriss, Dr Viv Davies, Dr Elaine Davies, Dr Richard Walters, Dr Terry Watson 2001 Dr Terry Watson retires 2002 Dr Vivian Davies retires

2001 Dr Terry Watson was succeeded by Dr Todd Stein (2001 - 2006)

2001 Dr Vivian Davies was succeeded by Dr Ian Jones (2001 - 2002)

2002 Dr Elaine Davies was succeeded by Dr Alison Wallace

Dr Elaine Davies Dr Ian Jones Dr Bruno Blersch Dr Todd Stein

2002 Dr Ian Jones was succeeded by Dr Bruno Blersch (2002 - 2004)

2006 Dr Todd Stein was succeeded by Dr Howard Christley

Dr Martin Riley Dr Robbie Gibbins

2009 Dr Martin Riley was succeeded By Dr Jane Jansen-Bowen

2010 Dr Robbie Gibbins was succeeded By Dr Robert Hegedus


Builth & Llanwrtyd Medical Practice currently has five full time doctors:

Dr Richard Walters, Dr Alison Wallace, Dr Howard Christley, Dr Jane Jansen-Bowen and Dr Robert Hegedus


Website Development

Our First website was launched in October 2001October 2001:
Our first website was launched in 2001 with the brief of advertising for a replacement partner for Dr Vivian Davies due to retire that year.

It was designed using what was available - Microsoft Publisher!




Our new website for 2002
2002:
We immediately started designing our second site - the internet bug had bitten.

It was designed with Dreamweaver MX but used tables and frames. The code was bloated but the website was functional and did prove popular.




Our new website for 20062006:
With Dreamweaver 8 we moved into the realms of CSS, PHP and table free layouts. The design stayed liquid until 2008 when a fixed width was adopted.