| Welcome to our consultation newsletter | Welcome to our consultation bulletin. Here you'll find the latest news and updates about the consultation, where we have been and how you can get involved.
Find out more and have your say on our Better Hospitals Humber website. | |
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Last week we held three further Exhibition Events
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Thank you to everyone who came along to one of our exhibition events. We held three events last week:
- Monday 4th December 12 – 3pm at Scunthorpe Central Library
- Thursday 7th December 12 – 3pm Morton Village Hall, Gainsborough
- Saturday 9th December 10am – 2pm, St John’s Market, Scunthorpe
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You will also find us out and about in local communities as the consultation enters its final few weeks. You will find us:
Monday 11th December 10am – 12noon, Crowle Community Hub, Market Place, Crowle
Wednesday 13th December 9-10:30am, Veterans Hub, Scunthorpe
Thursday 14th December 12noon – 2pm, Viking Resource Centre, Barton upon Humber
Monday 18th December 12noon – 2pm, Moorlands Community Centre, Old Goole
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| In Depth: Travel and Transport |
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| Getting to and from the hospitals under our proposal. | The vast majority of patients would continue to be seen and treated in the same hospital they go to new. Those who would need to be treated at a different hospital would arrive in an ambulance or be taken by free inter-hospital transport.
We worked with the ambulance service to identify what the impact of making any changes might be on their services. The proposal that is being put forward was the option that has the least impact on ambulance services of all those that were considered.
You can read more about the expected impact on ambulance services in the programme business case and ambulance modelling report | |
| Travel Planning for Carers, Families and Staff | We have been listening to what our communities have been saying to us and have heard that many people are concerned about loved ones visiting if they needed to be in hospital, particularly if it was at a different hospital to where they are used to going now. With this in mind we have set up a working group to look at ways we can support patients, carers, families and staff, with transport across our region. This includes looking at how we make things easier for people who already travel to access healthcare or employment as well as anyone who might be impacted by the changes that are being proposed.
The group, set up the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the hospital trusts, has patient representatives voluntary and community sector organisations, local councils, hospital teams, ICB colleagues and public transport providers.
The group is mapping current public transport provision and exploring a range of opportunities that could improve links between our hospitals. The group is also looking at the current travel re-imbursement scheme that is available for patients on certain benefits to make it easier for patients to claim.
There is still time to add your views through the consultation process and share your ideas around this important issue of transport. | | | Watch our latest video to find out more |
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| Frequently asked questions – busting some myths |
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| Visit our Frequently Asked Questions webpage | Since the launch of our consultation two months ago, it's been an enormous pleasure to be out and about across Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire, talking to you about what our proposal means for hospital services and listening to your views.
Some genuine concerns have been wrapped up in a few misconceptions that we'd like to address. We've updated our website's Frequently Asked Questions page, which we hope will be useful. We will keep updating this as we hear more of your questions through our engagement opportunities.
If you haven't done so already, please tell us what you think. You can find details of the different ways you can still have your say on the www.betterhospitalshumber.nhs.uk website. | |  |
| What about people who don’t drive? Is there going to be a special bus service to get Scunthorpe residents to Grimsby? | For patients travelling to hospital (A&E) themselves, there will be no change – our proposal is that a 24/7 Emergency Department would remain at both sites and people would continue to go to their local hospital. This proposal will only affect people transported by ambulance or those who need more complex emergency diagnosis, treatment or care after receiving an assessment through one of our Emergency Departments. They would be transported to Grimsby by a free inter-hospital transfer service.
We do, however, recognise that in some cases there will be an impact on relatives, families, carers and loved ones having to travel further. A transport working group was set up during the development of the proposals and this will continue to work on developing solutions together. We are working with our transport group on this to mitigate any potential impact on travel for visitors, carers, families and relatives and are keen to hear ideas and suggestions through the consultation. | |
| How do patients who have been transferred to Grimsby get back to Scunthorpe once discharged? | We already have strong mechanisms in place for helping to ensure people can be discharged from hospital quickly and without delay, working through our integrated discharge hubs. We do recognise the importance of getting people back to their local communities, homes and families. We will be continuing to work closely with local councils to make sure that this flow is not impacted so that we do not cause any delay in discharging people from hospital.
We have established a transport group, building on the work done while we were developing the proposal, to work with patient and representative groups as well as partners (local authorities, transport providers, voluntary sector) to look at how we respond to a range of transport needs that are arising through this consultation. We will be exploring different ideas and potential solutions to transport challenges during the consultation and are keen to hear ideas from local people. | |
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