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Additional documents: Minutes: The Board considered a report of
the Strategic Director, Communities which highlighted the The Board was advised that the The Board was further advised that senior
staff at the hospital had shared with Warrington Health Consortium their
concerns about the impact of this decision on It was reported that as lead commissioner for Furthermore, the assessment would involve the
risk to local services that non-designation might pose. This would include consideration of the
impact on interventional radiology, trauma, stroke and other services for the
people of Dr. Tom Dent, Project Director, Cheshire and Merseyside Vascular Review,
a representative of
the Cheshire and Merseyside Vascular Review, Board, Mr
Simon Banks, Operational Director, NHS Halton and St Helens and Jackie
Robinson, NHS Knowsley were
present at the meeting to outline the proposals. Arising from the discussion the following
points were noted: ·
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responses from the consultation had been received from staff and public; ·
The bid
from Warrington Hosipital did not meet the standards
specified in 3 areas as follows: o
such as
not having 6 vascular surgeons and 6 interventional radiologists; o
that
the Carotid Endarterectomy procedure is carried out
100 times per year and o
a wider
geographical population was assumed for the application than ·
When the
results of the review panel revealed that it could not recommend that · Members asked why it was proposed that there be two arterial centres rather than three. In response it was noted that if there were too many hospitals performing the procedure it would not be as effective as carrying it out in a more focussed centre where the expertise would be higher as it would be carried out more ... view the full minutes text for item 16. |