Annual Monitoring Report 2007(6.6MB) - Scarborough Borough ...

Annual Monitoring Report 2007
4 Local Development Framework -
Indicators
48
Health and Community Facilities
4.97 This is a new area of monitoring for the 2007 AMR. This section currently looks at health
service provision, but may be expanded to consider other areas of community facility in the
future. For information, primary care facilities focus on the treatment of minor injuries and
illnesses, deal with minor surgery and the ongoing management of chronic conditions and
preventative care. It is the first point of contact most people have and is delivered by family
doctors (GPs), nurses, dentist, pharmacists and opticians. Secondary care covers more complex
medical care that cannot be undertaken in the primary care sector, and includes work done by
organisations such as hospital trusts, mental health trusts. The two often work in conjunction.
4.98 This indicator is new, and provisions have been made to monitor this indicator more fully
in future AMRs. Attempts have been made to contact the Strategic Health Authority as it is
considered that only monitoring those applications where a planning application is required will
not give a representative and accurate picture of health care provision.
TH49 - Provision and Accessibility to Health Care Facilities
Does your LDF or saved plan contain policies which:
i) safeguard existing health care facilities
4.99 No policies exist within the saved plan.
ii) provide for the expansion of health care facilities
4.100 Policy C6 is concerned with developer contributions for infrastructure provision and/or
community facilities. The Council actively encourages developers to enter into pre-application
discussions with the primary and secondary care providers to assess the impact of a development
on health care service provision, and from this it would be established whether extra facilities
(by commuted sum or in kind) would be required.
iii) provide for the development of new health care facilities in highly accessible locations
4.101 No policies exist within the saved plan.
Provide the location and type of new/expanded primary and secondary health care
facilities that became operational between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007
4.102 We are unable to monitor this indicator at the current time. Monitoring procedures have
been amended so that this indicator will be monitored (in part) in the 2008 AMR.
Provide the location and type of any losses of primary and secondary health care facilities
between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007
4.103 We are unable to monitor this indicator at the current time. Monitoring procedures have
been amended so that this indicator will be monitored (in part) in the 2008 AMR.