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(Note: Councillor M Lloyd Jones declared a Personal Interest in the following item of business due to her husband being a Non Executive Director of Halton & St Helens Primary Care Trust.) |
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CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE VASCULAR REVIEW PDF 17 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Board considered a report
from the NHS in The Board was advised that vascular services were for people with
disorders of the arteries and veins. These included narrowing or widening of
arteries, blocked vessels and varicose veins, but not diseases of the heart and
vessels in the chest. A document was attached to the report which explained
what was proposed and why. The Board was further advised that there was mounting evidence that
patients who had their vascular operations in hospitals had fewer complications
and lower death rates. The NHS Cheshire
and Merseyside were currently engaging with the public and other stakeholders
about the way they proposed to change services in It was reported that a meeting had been organised for NHS stakeholders
and a public meeting had taken place in February 2011. In addition, joint meetings
with several Merseyside oversight and scrutiny committees would also be taking
place. Once this process had been completed, it was reported that the quality
standards that arterial centres would need to deliver and the approximate
number of such centres in The report advised that the engagement provided a valuable opportunity
to learn more about stakeholders’ reactions to these changes. The main purpose
of the change was to improve safety by ensuring that patients only had higher
risk arterial surgery at sites able to achieve the best results. The change in
the service was limited, however, for many patients using vascular services
there would be no change, and for others the change would be confined to where
their admission took place, with the rest of their care as it was now. For
these reasons, it was highlighted that this did not represent a substantive
change of service and a formal consultation process was unlikely to be
required, but this was also a matter for the Board to determine. In conclusion, it was reported that the recommendation would be
announced in May 2011 and then from May to October 2011 preparation for reconfiguration
would commence. Reconfiguration would
begin in November 2011 in phases and an update report would be presented to a
future meeting of the Board. The following comments arose from the discussion:- · It was noted that some areas of Halton had high levels of deprivation and travelling to hospital services further away would create financial problems. It was suggested that the service changes were being made to save money and clarity was sought on whether there would be any job losses as a result of the changes. In ... view the full minutes text for item 63. |