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May 2011 l 9DatePublicationInformationTitle25 May 2011Daily EchoMedical column.Your voices heardYour voices heardWe recently held a 12-week public consultation onour draft Annual Plan. The Plan set out proposals forimproving patient outcomes and achieving efficiencysavings, including looking at patient pathways andestate options.There was particular interest in the two options forChristchurch Hospital, which we asked you to voteon. The first was to retain current services and usethe remaining space for services such as an NHSdentist, nursing home, GP and pharmacy. Thesecond option was to move all services to the RoyalBournemouth site and use all of the Christchurchsites for the community services mentioned togetherwith a larger nursing home facility.We sent over 1,500 copies of our plan to individualsand local groups, including all local authorities, LINks,community and patient groups and health partners.We also held a range of meetings with various staffand community groups and our health partners aswell as three public meetings. Large notice boardssetting out the options for Christchurch Hospital weredisplayed widely across Christchurch.We received a fantastic response, particularly frommembers of the public. In total 2,174 people usedthe voting slips. 2,142 voted for option 1 (98.5%)while 32 voted for Option 2. We also received lettersand emails from members of the public either givingoption one as their preferred option or writing in withtheir general views:The following were the main issues you told us werecausing you concern:• The future of Christchurch Hospital and ensuringservices remain on the site.• Ensuring sufficient care in the community(particularly following a stroke)• Sufficient support for patients once they have lefthospital (social care)• It was generally felt that the concept should not bereferred to as an ‘older people’s village’. The term‘health village’ will be used for the interim.• A key issue is the need for closer integration ofcommunity and hospital services• There was a plea from the public to ensure theexcellent Dermatology Service and the MacmillanUnit remained at Christchurch.• Both members of the public and someChristchurch councillors praised the consultationprocess and the opportunity to hear our plans andbe able to comment on them.Next stepsThe Draft Annual Plan will be updated to reflect thecomments we received. Regarding ChristchurchHospital, the work on developing a detailed businesscase will begin, influenced by the detailed commentsreceived. It is expected that this will be produced bythe autumn when further public communication will beundertaken.The remainder of the plan will now be progressed,and regular updates will be provided.For a full copy of the summary log onto www.rbch.nhs.uk or if you wouldlike to be added to our mailing list toreceive regular updates please contactus at comments@rbch.nhs.uk or01202 704271.Dr Mary Armitage, Medical Director.medical@rbch.nhs.uk