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:
·
2000
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 frequently;
·
The
proposal did not mean the end of vascular care at
·
The
highest respondents from the consultation were people from Halton and
·
Concerns
were raised in relation to transport and Halton residents having difficulties
in accessing either the Countess of Chester or The Royal in
·
·
Concerns
were raised as Members felt that the majority of residents from Halton and
Warrington would attend The Royal Liverpool hospital which could result in that
being overloaded and the Countess of Chester may not carry out enough
procedures; and
·
Members
suggested consultants operate on a rota basis, where they could attend
Arising from the discussion Members
requested that once the risk assessments of the impact had been completed a
report be brought back to the Board in November.
The Board also noted that
The Chair thanked Dr Tom Dent, Mr Simon
Banks and Mrs Jackie Robinson for their informative presentation.
RESOLVED: That a report be brought to the November meeting
with the results of the risk assessment of impacts of the proposal on Halton
and Warrington
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