The Future of our hospitals - A way forward
I would agree with the recent comments that BHCH programme, seems to have been a waste of money for what we have got so far. Let's not forget that part of it was the designed to split opposition into different boroughs and facilitate the unfair downgrading of Epsom, so they seem to have achieved one objective they set themselves.
The main reason for most of the waste is that is has been led at acute level and focussed on the Critical Care Hospital (CCH), with the PCT being frankly hopeless in developing the Local Care Hospital (LCH) network.
In Sutton it would make sense to agree in principle within the next six months:
1. That the Epsom and St Helier Trust will set up an LCH at St Helier.
2. That the new Shotfield Clinic will the first stage of a larger GP operated LCH on that site.
If we could get that agreed by all the relevant partners we could have a "Sutton LCH Network" established as part of the integration of health and social care and we might even see the first LCH established by 2009.
After that a second phase might be the selling off for Executive homes (with a nice large commuted payment for affordable homes elsewhere) on part of the Sutton Hospital site (I think Peter G and Nick Cull would be happy with this compared to a CCH) with a new LCH built on that site, along with new mental health facilities on the site and the spare money used to help with the ongoing phased rebuild of St Helier.
There you are, some free consultancy from me on this and a proposal that is much more practical than the pie in the sky BHCH proposals.
The main reason for most of the waste is that is has been led at acute level and focussed on the Critical Care Hospital (CCH), with the PCT being frankly hopeless in developing the Local Care Hospital (LCH) network.
In Sutton it would make sense to agree in principle within the next six months:
1. That the Epsom and St Helier Trust will set up an LCH at St Helier.
2. That the new Shotfield Clinic will the first stage of a larger GP operated LCH on that site.
If we could get that agreed by all the relevant partners we could have a "Sutton LCH Network" established as part of the integration of health and social care and we might even see the first LCH established by 2009.
After that a second phase might be the selling off for Executive homes (with a nice large commuted payment for affordable homes elsewhere) on part of the Sutton Hospital site (I think Peter G and Nick Cull would be happy with this compared to a CCH) with a new LCH built on that site, along with new mental health facilities on the site and the spare money used to help with the ongoing phased rebuild of St Helier.
There you are, some free consultancy from me on this and a proposal that is much more practical than the pie in the sky BHCH proposals.
posted by Charlie Mansell at 3:29 pm
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