MEETING THE CHALLENGE

Improving NHS services across Wakefield District & North

KirkleesWakefield Interfaith Group – May 2013

Lee BeresfordNHS Wakefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)• CCGs = local GPs

• Responsible for planning and paying for most local NHS services

• Wakefield and North Kirklees CCGs are leading ‘Meeting the Challenge’ consultation

• Consultation – about changes to local health services especially at our three hospitals: Dewsbury, Pinderfields and Pontefract

Proposed changes

1. Maternity (births) – extending the specialist unit at Pinderfields

2. Children’s inpatients – bring them all together at Pinderfields

3. A&E and unplanned care – developing specialist trauma centre at Pinderfields

4. Surgery – separating out planned and unplanned operations at Pinderfields

5. More services in the community

Why the changes?• Care has changed dramatically

More services outside hospital including patients’ own homes

Constantly improving techniques

Shorter times in hospital

• Specialist centres save more lives • Separating planned and unplanned services gives better

results• Not enough doctors to staff all sites 24/7• More demand• Need to make better use of money and sustain them for

the future

Most of your everyday healthcare needs would still be met locally : • Outpatients, tests, x-rays, scans• Day case surgery• All antenatal and postnatal care • Having a baby• Rehabilitation • Children’s inpatients at Pinderfields

Summary : if you live in the Wakefield area

Summary : if you live in theWakefield area (contd)

• If you needed care in an emergency : – most care would still be provided locally at Pinderfields

and Pontefract (A&E, assessment)– emergency day care would mean fewer people needed

to stay in hospital• If you were very sick, needed specialist treatment or had

complex needs, you would go to Pinderfields• If you needed a planned operation, you could choose to be

treated at Dewsbury or Pontefract • More of your care would be provided by consultants and

specialist trained nurses

How would people benefit?

• More lives saved

• More people making a better recovery

• Fewer patients having to be admitted to hospital unexpectedly

• Services more joined-up

• Better use of your money

Taking part in the consultation

• The questionnaire• On-line• By post• Visit our roadshows