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Betsi Cadwaladr
University Health Board
Board Paper 19th July 2012
Item 12/69
Subject: Healthcare
in North Wales is Changing:
Report
on service change proposals
Pages 41 & 42 of report:
Central & South Denbighshire – changes to services
currently provided
from Llangollen Community Hospital.
The
ability of the NHS, local government and other agencies to improve services
in
Llangollen has been restricted in recent years by the physical limitations of
existing
health and social care buildings / estate and the lack of suitable,
accessible
sites for an integrated development. It is also recognised that the
current
hospital premises would require significant investment to ensure the
building
was best able to support the provision of hospital services well into the
future.
There
have been many reviews of services and the estate in Llangollen. The
most
recent in-depth analysis of current services provision and future demand
was
undertaken jointly by Health and Social Care in 2004/05. This work indicated
that
a joint development such as an extended primary care resource centre in
Llangollen,
with an enhanced range of primary, community, social care and
voluntary
sector services would effectively meet the future needs of the
population
of Llangollen. However this work was not progressed as there was no
site
available for such a development.
More
recently a number of meetings have been held with a range of
representatives
from health, social care and voluntary sector services that
currently
provide care in Llangollen. Following wide discussion, consensus was
reached
that an extended primary care resource centre should be developed for
Llangollen.
A wide range of services could be provided from the Centre such as
minor
injuries, therapies and mental health. The centre would also allow the
colocation of primary health and social care teams and voluntary services. This
would
facilitate integrated one stop access to the full range of primary health and
social
care services and a range of community based services.
The
River Lodge site has been identified as the preferred site for this development
and subject to the outcome of consultation on the proposals for Llangollen, a
business case will now be prepared for submission to Welsh Government.
The
needs of many of the patients who are currently admitted to Llangollen
Hospital
will be met through the roll out of the new Enhanced Care at Home
model
of care (as described above). Some patients will still require access to
community
bed-based care and it is proposed that this is provided through a
combination
of commissioning beds from local care homes and the use of Chirk
Community
Hospital.
As
a result of these changes the Llangollen Community Hospital building will no
longer
be required to support service provision.
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