NHS Future Fit aims to agree the future shape of safe and sustainable hospital services in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin – working with communities and partners across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales who rely on these services.
These proposals affect Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shrewsbury and Princess Royal Hospital Telford, which are the main acute hospitals for many residents of Montgomeryshire and north east Radnorshire.
About NHS Future Fit consultation
Public consultation began on 30 May and ends on 11 September.
During the 15-week consultation, there has been a programme of public exhibition event and pop-up events. Public meetings and events are being publicised on the consultation website at www.nhsfuturefit.org and we are also sharing information through our social media channels.
More details of the NHS Future Fit proposals
The proposals involve one hospital becoming an Emergency Care site and the other a Planned Care site. The Clinical Commissioning Groups believe this is the right approach because:
· Having a dedicated Emergency Care site would allow specialist doctors to treat the most serious cases in one place, which is proven to be safer, provide better results for patients and reduce the amount of time people have to stay in hospital.
· Having a separate Planned Care site would mean patients would wait less time for their appointments and beds would be protected for planned operations, meaning that it is highly unlikely operations will be cancelled due to emergency admissions.
In addition, both hospitals will have an Urgent Care Centre that is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This means that almost 80% of patients would continue to go to the same hospital as they do now for emergency and urgent care. At both hospitals, patients would also be able to access outpatient appointments, tests and midwife-led services.
The formal public consultation asks for people’s views on two options:
• Option 1: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital becomes an Emergency Care site and the Princess Royal Hospital becomes a Planned Care site (Clinical Commissioning Groups have said this is their preferred option)
• Option 2: The Princess Royal Hospital becomes an Emergency Care site and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital becomes a Planned Care site
Under either option, both hospitals would have an Urgent Care Centre that is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
More information is available from the NHS Future Fit website at www.nhsfuturefit.org
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