Hospital public meeting: 2 days to go !!!

Anyone in West Cumbria who might ever need to use the local health services in this part of the world and is able to do so should try to attend the Public Meeting in Whitehaven Civic Hall at 7pm on Tuesday 15th February.

The NHS trusts covering North and West Cumbria are carrying out a consultation on the future of local acute hospital services. Their proposals include the closure of the West Cumberland hospital in Whitehaven and its replacement by a new hospital somewhere in West Cumbria on a site to be determined.

The Trusts propose that the new hostpital will provide emergency services with ITU (Intensive Therapy Unit), Maternity and children's services. It is planned to "move post-acute patients to community healthcare settings" and "make specialist rehabilitation services more community based."

What is not clear is where the new hospital will be, how many beds it will have, or what level of Accident & Emergency and ITU will be provided. I believe it is imperative that it is at least level 5, that the number of hospital beds should be maintained, and that the new hospital should be provided on a location which puts as high as possible a proportion of the population of Cumbria within an hour's effective reach of a level 5/6 Accident and Emergency unit. In my opinion that means the new hospital should be in Copeland.

Whether you agree with me or not, if you live in West Cumbria and have a view, let the Trusts know what it is. Come to the meeting or email consultation@ncumbria.nhs.uk before 28th February 2005.

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